My Balcony Green Roof

My Balcony green roof was built back in 2002. It is the only place on my home I can actually have a green roof. The construction was undertaken for the unfortunately unpublished ‘How to build a small green roof?’ pdf. This preceded our original pdf guide...

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...

Green Car Port

This green car port is in Essex. It has a lovely meadow green roof and also a straw-bale wall at the higher end of the building. Green and sustainable architecture in action. This is one of our favourite roofs. Like a Greek mountainside, even in November, the native...

Container classroom with green roof

Green roof of the Day 2 – Freight container with outdoor classroom A freight container is a perfect ‘vehicle’ to create a green roof. This small building acts as a classroom for a school in North London. Our sister company, Greenroofshelters,...

Shed green roof 1

Small scale green roof of the day is a shed green roof in England. Even a shed can be adapted to take a good green roof. Not just a thin layered sedum blanket but one which also includes wildflowers, sedums and grasses. Perfect for biodiversity and enriching the...
small green roof on wendy house
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