Pre-Development hydrology, what’s that?

Pre-development hydrology? Well it took a visit from an expert from Colorado to explain this term to John and Dusty. Not that they hadn’t been involved with the idea – just that we refer to the issue as ‘humps and bumps’! Or topographic variety...

Virtual Green Roof Summit

The Virtual Green Roof and Wall Summit will feature a talk by John and Dusty on small scale green roofs. The summit runs throughout the runs from April 6 through May 31, 2015. .   The Virtual Green roof Summit Trailer The trailer above gives you a taste of what to...

Bees + wildflowers on a green roof

Bees and wildflowers are what make us tick at green roof training. Although this video is not filmed on a small scale green roof, it does show the kind of wildflowers that flourish. These species are classics and should be considered in any planting scheme. The roof...

Latest Video Updates for the Guide

The latest video updates were filmed just before Xmas at John’s house in Essex. We had a few suggestions that needed to be addressed. Latest Video Updates – Short geotextile on edge detail The first one shows how to deal with the extra piece of geotextile along...

John’s Wildflower tips for 2015

John’s wildflower recommendations for the new year cover some of his favourite green roof plants. With the skies grey and cold this should bring a little cheer and colour for January. John’s wildflower recommendations 1 – Orange hawkweed or Fox and...

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...
small green roof on wendy house
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