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Green roof plant of the week – Lady’s Bedstraw

DustyG — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:34:04 +0000

Lady’s Bedstraw is found on dry, sandy sites, grasslands and dunes. Being suited to dry and well drained situations make’s it an ideal for green roofs.

The small yellow flowers are very attractive to a range of wildlife, especially butterflies, bees and moths. Specific species include Six-spotted burnett moth Hummingbird and Small elephant hawk [...]

Green roof plant of the week – Common Toadflax

DustyG — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:20:54 +0000

Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) is an excellent plant on green roofs. However it is vulnerable to drought and therefore needs to be in at least 150mm to really flourish. A good tip is to plant between a couple of logs. The logs provide a little shade and protection form the wind. [...]

Green roof plant of the week – Ox-eye daisy – Leucanthemum vulgare

DustyG — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:36:09 +0000

This ‘moon’ daisy is a great plant to sow or plant as a plug in a both small and large green roofs. It is a very common green roof plant on the European continent, when establishing dry grassland green roofs. At landscape level – it is often a short lived perennial of grasslands, disturbed soils [...]

Green roof shed of the month – Carport/Essex

DustyG — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:49:08 +0000

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 [...]

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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Video of Green Roof and Living Roof Course – November 2009

DustyG — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:31:41 +0000

A green roof and living roof course held in November 2009. Dusty Gedge and John Little talk and present talks during the course. The course was undertaken by Greenrooftraining on behalf of RESET.

Themes covered are black redstarts, green roofs, insects, construction of the base of green roof.

The video also follows the delegates of on a [...]

Coltsfoot and Crocuses on a Green Roof – Lewisham

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:52:02 +0000

Spring is here and it is about a year ago that two small green roofs were installed in the Recycling Yard of the London Borough of Lewisham. Since then the roofs have developed and been planted with additional flowers. Last summer the living roofs were awash with annuals and the native herbs that were planted. [...]

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 [...]

Green Roofs and Small Scale Construction Course – Brighton

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:09:45 +0000

24th/25th April 2010 10.30-4.30 Saturday & 10.30-3.30 Sunday

The course will enable participants to learn about green roofs and their benefits. Background information will be provided on their history and evolution. The creation of wildlife habitats including local ecologies will be covered, as will the growing of food on green roofs. Details will be given on the [...]

Small Scale Greenroof Construction Course & Seminar: Liverpool

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:05:32 +0000

Thursday 29th April 2010 – 10.00 to 17.00 LANDLIFE National Wildflower Centre Court Hey Park Liverpool L16 3NA United Kingdom