This large green roof (18000 sf) is the first one I saw without any Sedums.
Actually, a plant palette of perenials grass and meadow plants covers this innovative design building.
Here, the idea is to include the building and the roof into the wild surrounded landscape.
In my opinion the result is impressive because it was difficult to locate the exact limitation between the roof and the meadow. Can you see it in the photo underneath?
About the roof itself:Roofscapes selected a Roofmeadow® Type IV intensive green roof assembly. It includes a base layer of granular drainage material with an upper layer of growing media.
The total depth of this intensive green roof system is 14 inches or 35 cm.
The main grass, Andropogon scoparious, and the other plants, use the drainage layer as a water stock.
In the next photo you can see the nice flower of the Phlox drummondii:
I was surprise by the perfect coverage of this roof, the planting method (seeding + plugging) gives a really good result after 3 years.
Of course, you can imagine how insects like this area... Especially ladybird and a red specie of wasp.
The maintenance is also very low because the roof is just mowed twice a year.
Finally, some volunteers (like Vicia Cracca, first plan of the photo underneath) were there because of the wild area 's proximity. That gives to this roof a wild and natural style, which I love.
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Keep up the good work.
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