Balcony Green roof 2

Balcony Green Roof 2 – Spiders, Solitary Bees and Annuals Spider on my Balcony green roof The spider on my Balcony green roof finally performed for the camera. I have been watching two of these 8 legged wonders wandering across the small roof.  Fast, small and...

Summer House Green Roof

The summer house green roof is doing fine. A quick visit to John Little’s allowed to have a quick inspection.  A mildly pampered summer house green roof The summer hose green roof is fours old now. It is the one green roof that John pampers. Only a little...

Social housing green roof opportunities

Social housing provides plenty of opportunities for small-scale green roofs. Our last post focussed on electricity stations. There are normally a few of these on most council estates across the UK. In fact the picture posted yesterday was from an estate in Southwark,...

Green roof training HQ

Green roof of the Day – Green roof training HQ Green roof training HQ is now over twenty years old. It was constructed using the material from the footing. Just clay earth. This tends to mean it browns off quickly in the summertime. However it still surprises. I...

A Roof with an Alpine View

Now this one hell of a view. A small scale green roof with  an Alpine view in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Built on top of a garage in Vex, this is the home of the parents of  a good friend of ours, Nathalie Baumann.. Nathalie has been researching and working on...

House Extension Green Roof

This elegant house extension was designed and built by two architecture students using the guide. Both Verity and Craig were taking time off from their Masters of Architecture at the University of Bath to take this project forward. They used the guide which...