Is blue the new green? Or are we just blending our colours for the sake of it
Blue infrastructure should be wrapped up under the banner of green infrastructure – not separated. Blue infrastructure and blue/green infrastructure appears to be the new game in town. But why is...
View ArticleA green roof Emporium in Sweden – Green Roof Beauty
Emporium shopping Centre – Malmö The green roof above the Emporium shopping Centre is probably one of the largest green roofs in Scandinavia. Situated in Hyllie on the outskirts of Malmö, the roof is...
View ArticleGreen Living room – green walls are part of the green roof beauty contest
A green living room bringing nature into the city and providing resilience. Green walls providing Resilience in Cities – The Green Living room The TURAS Green Living Room, like all green walls,...
View ArticleRooftop garden on Oxford Street – green roof beauty contest
The rooftop garden at John Lewis on Oxford street has been open to the public for most of the summer 2016. Originally rooftop garden had limited access – for staff with an interest in gardening....
View ArticleNature based approach to green roofs – green roof beauty contest
The Swiss approach to delivering green roofs has been driven by a nature based approach. This was developed in 1990s and early 2000s. This innovative approach was developed, in the main, by Dr. Stephan...
View ArticleSmall is beautiful – green roofs on sheds and shelters
Sheds, whether they are for prams, bins or bikes, electricity sub stations and other small buildings pepper the urban landscape. Especially on housing estates. Though small they add up to a pretty...
View ArticleGreen roof bylaws – from Argentina to San Francisco
San Francisco has dominated the green roof news this week. However, below the radar of most English speaking news websites is another news item from back in July. The first city in Argentina to require...
View ArticleA garden roof Linz – one of the leading green roof cities
Linz in Austria has been one of the leading green roof cities in Europe and the world. In addition to being one of the early starters at have incentives, It has one of the densest green roof areas in...
View ArticleFarming on rooftops – from Brussels to Frisco Bay via Paris
Rooftop farming has featured widely this last month when it comes to news. From Brussels to San Francisco via Paris a number of projects highlight the growing interest in urban farming on roofs....
View ArticleWelcome to “The garden on the roof” at Vignoles Gymnasium, Paris
Welcome to “Le Jardin sur le Toît” at Vignoles Gymnasium in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Amidst soft scents of moist earth and fresh herbs, buzzing bees and colourful flowers – people of the 20th...
View ArticleGreen roof barn providing wildlife habitat in Essex UK
The new featured video is of a green roof barn in Essex. The two roofs design provides to meaningful habitat on the green roofs. Firstly there is a good green roof designed for dry grassland species...
View ArticleCreating habitat for breeding solitary bees – London
Whilst a good green roof designed for biodiversity will be attractive to many pollinators, providing nesting habitat is also an important consideration. Green roofs not only provide adequate forage for...
View ArticleParis licenses ‘citizen gardeners to vegetate all you want’
Paris, unnoticed, launched a new license scheme on 1st July 2016. Essentially, the new programme is a license for citizens to 'vegetate as much as you want'. In short, with this new scheme, Paris is...
View ArticleNew bee for England – is it using green roofs in London?
A new bee discovered this year in a small park in London is making the news. The new bee species’ English name is the viper’s bugloss mason bee (Hoplitis adunca) after the bee’s main food plant. As...
View ArticleBogotá could be one of the green wall capitals of the world
Bogotá is full of green walls. Livingroofs.org‘s Dusty Gedge has just returned from the Colombian capital. The city has definitely embraced green walls big time. When he left, the big news in the UK...
View ArticleHow big is the UK green roof market? We are finding out
How big is the UK green roof market? To find out, Livingroofs.org has just launched the national UK Green Roof Market Survey 2016 to find out. In association with GRO the Green Roof Organisation and...
View ArticleHamburg to bury the A7 motorway – as Linz did over seven years ago
Hamburg is the latest city in Europe to reconnect neighbourhoods with a green roof over its motorway. By covering the transport links with green roofs, not only does the traffic disappear but people...
View ArticleVote on your favourite green roof photos – from around Europe
The Green Roof Beauty Contest is now open for voting. With over a hundred photos of green roofs from around Europe, there is a wide choice. From Ireland to Hungary via the UK and Germany, extensive...
View ArticleThe fate of rare plants is in the sky – an Australian Oasis
Rare plants are finding space on a green roof in Melbourne, Australia. According to the New Scientist: ‘it’s a case of lofty living meeting Noah’s Ark’. Rare plants are found on green roofs in Europe,...
View ArticleA Mediterranean Hillside in Islington London – update
When it comes to extensive green roofs, for gardeners it does have to be all native. As David Matzdorf's fabulous green roof in Islington shows - a green roof can be a scene of garden bliss if you are...
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