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Eco-shed of the Month – Norris Bank School, Stockport

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:45:33 +0000

This small eco-shed is in a school in Stockport. The inspiration for the roof was Jane Sebire, a photographer who takes pictures for various gardening and landscape magazines. Her son goes to the school in question.A lovely project and we defer to Jane’s description of the shed and it’s impact, not ours.

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Green roof plant of the week – Musk Mallow

DustyG — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:39:11 +0000

This delightful ice-pink flower is a real beauty and can add elegance and colour to any small scale green roof.

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The Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) is an erect perennial with multiple stems and a delicate 5 petaled pink flower of dry grasslands. This makes it ideally suited to be planted [...]

Green Roof Plant of the week – Kidney Vetch

DustyG — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:53:48 +0000

Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) is a UK native wildflower of chalk, grasslands, shingle banks, cliffs and Junes. It is very common on green roofs in Switzerland and can sometimes tend to dominate an extensive green roofs. However it’s profuse yellow flower heads are a real magnet for bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

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However it’s profuse [...]

Brighton Green Roof Workshop April

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:58:27 +0000

Last weekend we completed our fourth 2 day green roof workshop for the Permaculture Trust in Brighton. Tue turn out was good with over 20 delegates. The delegate,s included garden designers, landscaping contractors, students and people who just have an interest. We always highlight in Brighton the use of green roofs for Brighton’s Biodiversity Action [...]

King Alfred’s School – Golder’s Green – Green roof installation for Bees

DustyG — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:47:08 +0000

Over the weekend of 13th/14th a series of four green roofs designed for biodiversity were installed on a series of buildings at King Alfred’s School in Golders Green.

The roofs were installed using the methods and practices as outlined in John Little and Dusty Gedge’s e-guide on Small Scale Green Roof Construction. The [...]

Integrated Habitats Design Challenge

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:52:49 +0000

Design an integrated building, think about people and their needs, make a living habitat for bugs, bees and birds, and see London in a new light! Saturday 25th July : London 2012 Open Weekend