Not exactly a shed, but built in the same way as we recommend according to our guide, this great building in South Essex sits amongst the agricultural land. The green roof offers a wonderful ecological resource for bees and other bugs in one of the most important areas of the UK for rare invertebrates. Whilst planners and conservation organisations are struggling to get green roofs on big industrial sheds in the Thames Gateway area, this small roof demonstrates what can be done.
The roof was constructed in Spring 2009. The Grass Roof Company had been asked to design a building that could take the various Land Rovers that the owner owned. John decided that this was the perfect opportunity to try and build a building with a strawbale wall. The roof follows our guide and consists, in terms of growing media/substrate/green roof soils, off a commercial substrate available Shire Green Roof Substrates, and locally produce white aggregate. Planted with a variety of native plugs from British Wildflowers and seeded with a native seed mix, the roof has slowly developed into a wonderful green roof.
Last year the roof had an eye catching display of native annuals and the native herbs, that were planted, gave off a wonderful aroma. Majoram, Basil and Thyme provided an olfactory experience right through to the end of the year. In fact when I visited the roof in March the pungency was still apparently. This is a green roof to watch as it develops.
It will be a classic.
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