Celebration is due. Ten years ago, John Little and I put our heads together to write an online green roof guide. Why? Well, we were both getting so many emails asking questions about how to build green roofs.
Back then the original was a downloadable pdf. Now the guide is an all singing and dancing manual. This allows us to update with videos, sketches and new content. Much of the new content is generated by questions sent to us by email. So the guide is constantly being refined.
Celebration – 2008 – 2018
Whilst our hair may have grown a tad greyer and we have aged, the thriving green roofs are a testament to the guide. From Australia to Montreal via Cornwall in the UK, wildflowers are flourishing. Whether they are on sheds, garages, outhouses or extensions the power of the guide to generate interest has inspiring. The other day when we posted a tweet online a great guy in Finland tweeted back:
I'm glad it happened, or this green roof would have seen the daylight 🙂 https://t.co/KRxr5lSV3g
— Mikko Mononen (@MikkoMononen) February 6, 2018
We have been following Mikko on instagram for awhile now. He is like so many people who get the guide. They want to build a building sustainably as possible. And I especially like Mikko’s work, because I have always wanted to go to Finland. And I am hoping to get there this year. If I am lucky, I will get the chance to visit his roof.
All pictures welcome to help us celebrate.
So if you have any pictures of a good green roof you want to celebrate, do send them to us. Of course we would love images of roofs that have been built using the guide. But that would be too ‘selfish’. We want to celebrate the guide. But we also want to celebrate green roofs across the world. You can send via contact here or tag @grassroofco or @greenroofsuk or @worldgreenroof. You can also send to Dusty’s facebook page. Furthermore use the hashtag #smallgreenroofs. Don’t worry if they are huge, they hashtag will allow us to find you.
