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The clifftop green roof in Cornwall has featured a lot over the years. Of course it is rather special being the being the first and last green roof in England. Built in 2011 the summer house has matured and provides a little patch of clifftop vegetation high...
Log cabins, in the style of Scandinavian houses, have recently come to the fore in our online community. A number of people have joined, wanting to construct a green roof on these types of buildings. The image above quite simply it shows that a roof must be able to...
Green Roof Substation - Green roof of the day 5 What if all the electricity substations in a city were greened? Now that would add a bit of biodiversity to a city. Green Roof on a Substation - Southwark John Little installed a green roof down in the Southwark a...
The Shed of the Year 2016 that has won the competition not only has a great green roof crown, it is also a stunning creation. West Reading's Kevin Herbert, claimed his title earlier in August. It followed a record breaking year with 2,825 entries and 12,292 public...
Scabious may sound un attractive but they are a beautiful group of plants. Furthermore the species tend to flower late in the summer. Three species of Scabious We have three native ones here in the UK - Small, Field and Devil's bit. Small is the one for green roofs,...
The First and Last green roof in England is developing into a lovely coastal habitat. A few years ago I posted a blog about the roof at Sennen in Cornwall. I had used pictures from back in 2011 when I visited. The owner just happened to send me a few images of the...
Brownfield habitat and brownfield gardening is important to us here at GRT. In fact, we like to get people to design their green roofs to mimic the wonderful habitats that can be found on post-industrial landscapes. Why our waste could become our best wildlife habitat...
The Green roof bin and bike stores are currently resting up a greenrooftraining HQ. The Green roof bin and bike stores featured were back of a garden at Hampton RHS Garden Show back in August. They were designed and constructed by our sister company Greenroofshelters...
Welcoming nature back into the city is urgently needed. This theme was central to Gary Grant, of the Green Infrastructure Consultancy Ltd, who provided a demonstration of this works in practice.Gary provide simulation of a sever storm on an industrial unit with and...
The urban festival host John Little, amidst the wildflowers of his garden, talks loveliness. The festival idea was to bring a range of 'important' people and other 'wicked' people to a gathering in his garden. The purpose to make connections, have conversations and...
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