Ecosystem Services and Living roofs Training
Last Friday {12th March} and Saturday (13th) Gary Grant and Dusty Gedge provided 10 delegates with a two day course on ecosystem services and living roofs and walls. The training days are part of a...
View ArticleCowslips and sand mounds on a London green roof
Spring is now on us and this excellent green roof installed in London is starting to bloom. Although much of the seeds and plug plants are yet to bloom, a few Cowslips are already raising their heads...
View ArticleGreen Roof Plant of the Week – the Cowslip
Cowslips (Primula veris) have clusters of yellow, nodding flowers, borne on tall stems. They can be seen on green roofs from mid march. In London, probably due to the Urban Heat Island, they have been...
View ArticleGreen roof plant of the week – Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Although Chives are native, they are rarely found in the wide. They are generally confined to rocky calcareous grassland in SW of British Isles. This makes them ideal as a green roof plant. Many plants...
View ArticleGreen roof plant of the week – Thrift (Armeria maritima)
Thrift is a coastal plant thriving on cliff and cliff tops. Thriving in such stressed conditions makes it ideally suited to green roofs. It is spectacular plant and it is worth planting plugs of the...
View ArticleGreen roof plant of the week – Maiden Pink
Dianthus species are common wildflowers on green roofs on the continent. Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides) is a widespread UK native wild pink and is an ideal wildflower for green roofs.[singlepic id=83...
View ArticleLiving roofs and Ecosystem Services – London
9th September: Living Roofs & Ecosystem Services Dusty Gedge and Gary Grant Flash flooding, air pollution health alerts are already part of London’s summer profile. The near future will see these...
View Article23rd October – Small scale Green roof training Course – Essex
On 23rd October we will be running a green roof training course at the Wat Tyler Centre, Pitsea, Essex. [singlepic id=110 w=520 h=340 float=center] The Wat Tyler Centre has a green roof designed for...
View Article10/11 Dec. Ecosystem Services and Green roof Course – Oxford
Two Day Course on Ecosystem Services and Living roofs – Oxford Brookes A two day intensive course including both theory and practical elements. The course will set out the need and philosophy of the...
View ArticleEssex Green Roof Workshop 23rd July 2011
The celebrated annual green roof training event in Essex will take place this year on 23rd July. The course is for anyone interested in contracting, installing and building green roofs. Although the...
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