Green Roof Meadows

Located on the roof of broadway stages film studios in greenpoint brooklyn kingsland wildflowers greenroof brings a meadow and its associated ecological value to one of the most industrial areas of new york city.

Green roof meadows.

Top choices for green roofs roof gardens and roof meadows green roof sedum have to be tough reliable and resilient to withstand the challenging conditions on a roof top. Roofmeadow green roof system design and installation. The maintenance regime for heritage meadowmat is simple and undemanding. Within the past few years the astm convened a green roof task force to create green roof standards.

Used over a whole roof a green roof will be the single overriding design influence on the house as well as impacting on the construction right down to the foundations. It replaces the ecology the new house sits upon thereby replacing the habitat that a house takes away. With over 10 years of excellence roofmeadow formerly roofscapes is the north american leader in green roofs. These varieties and species of sedum are grown extensively for use on green roofs mainly because of their hardiness and drought tolerance.

This area was the victim of a massive oil spill in 1978 the clean up of which is still unfinished. Cost of a green roof. Charlie miller p e president and founder of roofscapes inc has been a very active member of this task force from the beginning. From april until june this perennial plant is covered in snow white blooms.

A technical expert in the field he continues heading the firm leading our constant exploration of new and better green roofing designs and strategies. Growing up to 50cm meadow saxifrage provides volume to a green roof and contrasts beautifully with low growing plants. On the ground we recommend installing onto meadowmat low fertility soil. All this pleasure for less than 300 00 in materials and plants bought in february 2000.

He is the primary author of four of the five standards recently published and listed below. For green roofing applications use green roof substrate as your growing medium. Small green roofs low tech options for greener living is a useful guide to building resilient green roofs. The green kidney shaped leaves contrast with the white of the flowers creating a stunning visual display.

Charlie formed roofscapes now roofmeadow in 1997 to introduce green roof technology for urban stormwater management to the united states.