There's a huge range of plants you can choose from that will grow on your green roof, but try to choose ones which will not grow too tall so that they will survive any potential wind or storm damage.

The vegetation of the Green Roof helps to mitigate storm water problems in a number of ways. Rain water falls on the vegetation and begins to seep into the growing media. As small air pockets between ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Australian Garden History Vol. 21, No. 4, April/May/June 2010 Green roofs and vegetated systems for a ... Nigel Dunnett & Noël Kingsbury, Planting Green ...

Elmich’s first-class products are highly regarded by specifiers & its solutions have been used in many iconic buildings in ...

"A green roof is a sustainable roofing system that lets you plant vegetation on top of a building," says Geoffrey White, MD at GLW Engineering, who has extensive expertise in sustainable building ...

Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for ...

Put simply, a green roof is one that is fully or partially covered with vegetation and growing medium. From reducing storm water runoff to improving the roof’sheat insulation properties.

Blue and green roofs can help combat urban challenges such as stormwater runoff and heat islands and are a small but growing ...

We’re highlighting Flora Chicago, a thoughtfully designed condominium building in the vibrant Fulton Market neighborhood of ...

with developers and councils increasingly providing smaller scale growing spaces in more urban areas, to soak up heavy rain and protect against flash flooding. Green roofs and walls, which can cut ...

Now, the towering native Mexican plant, nicknamed the 'Green Giant' by the couple ... We just realised one day it had smashed through the roof and couldn't believe it. We've seen ones measuring ...