A Piedmont green roof in Portland, Oregon

The Piedmont green roof is the next stop on our small-scale green roof tour. Our good friend, Jim Labbe installed the roof in Portland (PDX), Oregon in 2017. Portland has a long tradition of green roofs back to the early noughties. However, they do not refer to them...

A Finnish green roof – 10 years of GRT

A Finnish green roof is the next stop on our celebratory green roof tour built using our online guide. Although many people around the world purchase the guide, we don’t always have a clear idea where the green roofs will be built. Support is part of the deal...

The John Little grass roof at Hilldrop, Essex

The grass roof at Hilldrop is how it all began for John Little. All the techniques and methods in the online guide were used to construct the roof on his house. Furthermore, all of the other green roofs in his garden use the same or similar methods. Using site spoil...

Celebration – 10 years of our online green roof guide

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...

Guardian Journalist’s Green Roof

Gardening Editor Jane Perone has a green roof on her shed. Meeting up with her to record a podcast was a good opportunity to get her to send some pictures and to talk about the guide.

Landscapes for brownfield invertebrates workshop

Designing Landscape for Brownfield Invertebrates Workshop Date: Wednesday 13th September 2017 from 10.00am – 5.00pm Location: Hilldrop, Laindon Road, Horndon on the Hill. Essex, SS17 8QB Description: Designing for Brownfield invertebrates is fun, practical and...
small green roof on wendy house
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