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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Growing Food on Roofs - Rooftop Permaculture Can Help Feed the Urban Core

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Green Roof Mat with Swale Pads For Food Growing - Roof Permaculture Growing food on the roof makes sense.  With hundreds of thousands of ...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Green 'Green Roof' with Fertilizer from the Air - Floating Wetland Secrets & Companion Fertilizer Legumes

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Science has shown us the most common component of air is Nitrogen, typically making up about 80-82% of the earth's atmosphere. Green R...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

DIY Solar Hot Water Heater we Built & Use for Under $200 with a Green Roof twist

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Sits right next to the small Cubanelle pepper Green Roof on a southerly exposure sloped roof and the DIY solar hot water panel works very we...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Green Roof for Landscape and Parking Lots - cleaning and storing stormwater

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Green roof concepts are not just limited to the top of a structure.  They can be adapted almost anywhere plants, water and a platform can b...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Green Roof Drainage Issues

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Drainage is an essential design component on any green roof. Not enough drainage and the green roof can quickly fail via leaks, dead plant...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

May Wildflower Green Roof photos from Breaking Ground Contracting, Jacksonville

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Here are some photos of the Breaking Ground Contracting food and wildflower green roof in Jacksonville.  Even though we've had a terribl...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Poaceae of Green Roofs

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Poaceae is the family of grasses, referred to previously as Graminaceae.   According to Wikipedia, Poaceae contains about 600 genera and aro...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Yucca filamentosa, Green Roof Plant for Hot, Dry and Arid Climates - Catching Fog and Dew with Hairs

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Nature offers the finest examples for us to look to when resolving green roof, or any other for that matter, issues. Yucca, with hairs ac...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Another Choice - Pre-grown Plant Mats

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Thursday's post, "Planting Green Roofs, Seeds, Plugs or Plants"  brought in several comments about another Green Roof planting...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Planting Green Roofs, Seeds, Plugs or Plants?

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The other day I saw a Twitter post asking the question 'What to plant on a green roof; seeds or plugs?" There were several notabl...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Invasive Plant Species Notes and Green Roofs

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I am headed to Orlando this morning to offer a presentation at the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's annual symposia.   Details are av...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Identifying Local Plants for Green Roof and Living Wall Use

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One of the great benefits of walking through a downtown area is the opportunity to learn the identification of plants I have not seen before...
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Many faces of Green Roof Gaillardia

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Gaillardia was blooming in full glory on the Breaking Ground Green Roof this morning.  Check out some of the photos!  What a great Green Roo...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

A Tale of Two Green Roof Plants - Sedum and Turkey Tangle Frogfruit

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My green roof niche is hurricane systems and those plants for hurricanes and hot, dry climates. Here is Jacksonville we were jumping for j...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Biodiversity to the Nth Power from Green Roofs & the Dance Language of Bees

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I am awestruck by the biodiversity value Green Roofs bring to a site, especially when native wildflowers and plants are used as part of the ...