Patent ID: 7637056

Claim:
A planting device for plants to be formed on a rooftop of a building, comprising: a body portion having a mounting surface, a water draining means and a water retaining means at a bottom of the body portion, a plurality of recessed parts formed at the water draining means, drain holes being formed on a bottom of each of the recessed parts and between the plurality of recessed parts; a water receiving means at a side wall of the body portion, the water receiving means being mounted outside the side wall and provided with a water supply pipe holder and a water receiving hole formed on the side wall for flowing water supplied from a water supply pipe to the water retaining means; a first fixing means having a hollow conical body which is fixed to the mounting surface of the body portion and extending up from the bottom of the body portion, a second fixing means having a conical body adapted to be fitted into the hollow conical body of the first fixing means, the second fixing means being adapted to be fixed to a rooftop of a building or a base, a scaffold for maintenance work is provided on a top of the first fixing means; a recessed part provided outside a side wall opposite to the side wall having the water supply pipe holder of the body portion, in which recessed part the water supply pipe holder of an adjacently arranged body portion is fitted, so as to stably provide a continuous arrangement of the body portion and the adjacently arranged body portion; and one or more through holes formed above the recessed part for leading water from the water retaining means of the body portion into the pipe holder of the adjacently arranged body portion which is fitted into the recessed part of the body portion, when the first body portion is positioned at an upper side of a gradient surface and the adjacently arranged body portion is positioned on a lower side of the gradient surface, so as to flow the water to the water retaining means of the adjacently arranged body portion; wherein the soil is filled into a surrounding space enclosed with the side wall to plant one or more desired plants thereon.