Tough plants are needed for green roofs, as a cool post by Kelly Ksiazek in Chicago at the same time as we were visiting Dungeness. And you can’t get any tougher than here. Dungeness is the largest shingle bank in Europe. Here desiccation is the order of the day....
Collecting seeds for a small green roof at this time of year (July) is a good idea. The early flowers are turning and their seed pods are ripe for collecting. Further collections can be undertaken for late flowering plants in August and late September. This...
Orchids on green roofs are not as rare as you might think. This green roof Carport in Herefordshire is a case in point. Spotted Orchids have appeared on the roof. It has also been a hit with the local invertebrates. Just proves that with a little thought a small...
Normandy has a few small green roofs that have been built along the principles of our small green roof guide. We are now taking blogs from our new French site to engage English readers and visa a versa. Notice the tulips in flower and the leaves of Iris. Iris was...
The rooftop carrot farm in Essex is a bit of a mystery. How did the edible variety get there? We do seed the wild Daucus carota, on roofs but not certainly these. However amongst the lush carrot foliage there are a few gems that are attracting late pollinators to...
The French Guide is now live. We have finally managed to get our small scale green roof guide translated into French. Currently the French website is up and running. The public pages are all viewable. From the 24th October the membership side will be sold. Dusty will...