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Monday, March 14, 2011

Green Roofs and Permaculture

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Growing food on rooftops is popular in many urban areas.  New York may be leading the way, especially with projects like the Eagle Street Ro...
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Green Roof & Rooftop permaculture - Economic Opportunity for the Urban Core

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One of the components of the new Breaking Ground Contracting green roof will be a working permaculture garden. Today we will be planting 1...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Learning about Native Plants for Living Walls & Green Roofs

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Native plants play an important role in supporting worldwide biodiversity heritage. For a great blog post on just how important native pla...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Green Roof, Southern France from Natural Materials & Native Plant Species

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Very excited to share a series of photographs of a green roof in Southern France constructed primarily using natural materials rather than m...
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Benefits of Green Roofs - Fighting Cancer and Other Diseases

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Green roofs and living walls can help clean the air and allow us to breath easier. Many geographic locations acros the globe have air con...
Friday, March 4, 2011

Native Plants for Green Roofs and Living Walls - Seeds For Green Roofs

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Great Native Plant Photos on the Seeds For Green Roofs website this morning.  Check out the Lamium and Nephrolepis pictures.
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Rooftop Permaculture - GMO, Brassica oleracea Root Architecture

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"Gene manipulated corn fields feed people" The above comment was a response this morning to one of my suggestions rooftop permac...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Green Roof Sedum Plantings

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I am fascinated by the Sedum (Hylotelephilum as some botanists suggest).  They are hardy, drought tolerant, can switch between C3 and CAM ph...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Modeling Green Roof & Rooftop Permaculture Plant Design Performance

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As previously stated, light and wind appear to be the primary design variables impacting green roofs and rooftop permaculture. Understand...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Adaptation and Green Roof Plants

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We've talked numerous times about the different types of photosynthesis in green roof plants and why understanding those processes are i...
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Green Roof Drainage, Use of Natural Materials, Arundo Donax Reeds

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Per the University of Maryland, Typical Green Roof Soil Media is made from; Expanded Slate Expanded Shale Expanded Clay Volcanic Pumice...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Biodiversity, Blown Away by the Actual Proliferation of Nature's Own Green Roof Plants

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I was really excited to see a new website/blog Seed For GreenRoofs focusing on learning about green roofs from nature.   Be sure to check ou...

Green Roof Soil Media Note

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As standards are being developed by ASTM and other agencies, both private and governmental, here is a reminder to remember High Velocity Win...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Green Roof Design - Plant Selection and Integration, Photosynthesis Basics cont.

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Plants with C4 photosynthesis processes are now the focus of bioengineering efforts of the worlds foremost plant industry experts. The C4 ...