Roof Garden
Spore Design The flowers are all from different varieties of flowering sedum plants. The plants were supplied by "LiveRoof" http://www.liveroof.com Like Bookmark April 1, 2013 at 7:41PM PRO Stavros Mitchelides - Miami Beach Realtor I have a roof project that I'm doing where it currently has a rubber membrane roof, which has to be replaced due to age. I'd like to exactly replicate the layout of this, with the living roof on the perimeter...is there just a standard rubber membrane underneath this whole thing?
Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects Thanks, this is one of our favorite projects! The specialist established this roof with just mats of sedum, but there are a number of options to explore -- we recommend you check out The Green Roof Manual by Snodgrass and McIntyre, if you're interested in the design side.
Graham Design and Construction I'm no green roof expert, so take what I say with some skepticism. The goal is to keep your growing medium as light as possible. That's why I used lava rock for the base layer. Also, compost is fairly light as well. It's the sand that's heavy. I believe all the growing medium was about 2000 lbs. and we loosely figured it could absorb about 500 lbs of water. We also calculated additional weight for snow load. You'll have to research what kind of growing medium you'll need depending on what you intend to grow on the roof. Our mix was designed to grow sedum plants which like dry soils. As far as the footers/piers, I can't really comment too much on that b/c each part of the country has different rules/laws regarding that. I usually dig footers at around 30" and the soil MUST be undisturbed compacted soil. Also, if you're in California you'll have to consider earthquake proofing your structure. Contact your local building permit office for help (you'll probably need a permit for the job anyway).
Glenna Partridge Garden Design It looks like Festuca glauca ( blue fescue grass) to me. I hope this helps!
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