T
he idea of growing things on a
roof has always intrigued me.
Can anybody do it? What does it
take, and why don’t we do it now?
After all, the pioneer sodbusters grew
grass on their cabin roofs, and Europe
has all kinds of roof plantings, both
on humble...
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T
he idea of growing things on a
roof has always intrigued me.
Can anybody do it? What does it
take, and why don’t we do it now?
After all, the pioneer sodbusters grew
grass on their cabin roofs, and Europe
has all kinds of roof plantings, both
on humble farmhouses and ultramodern commercial buildings.
So I was glad to see that our ELA
winter conference included two talks
on the subject: David
Beattie‘s on the fundamentals of green roof systems,
and Robert Herman‘s
“Planting the Green Roof:
Right Plant, Right Place.
”
Beattie, from Penn State,
focused on the environmental, economic and social benefits of roof gardens, and the general types of plants
that do best in roof gardens, while
Herman, an independent consultant
on green roofs, concentrated more on
installation requirements, substrate
materials, and particular plants for
various depths of substrate.
The good news from each talk is
that the long-neglected and misunderstood practice of planting our
rooftops is enjoying more and
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