Roof Top Gardens

Best green roof ever! I want a green roof on our new desert home. I would love to have many succulents on the roof. The succulents would require less water and the weight”
“prevent spiders from making their home on it!”
“Great roof! Would you have one on your home? Tons of benefits!”
“First steps: Once your contractor has installed and water tested the membrane, your roof is ready to be planted. There are two ways to do this: Use a modular system of planted living roof trays.Add soil and plant your roof as though it were a garden in the ground, as shown here.”
“lower cabin (the yoga studio), is the initial site experience. The green roof is really the curb appeal of the property — the first facade of the design. Hook took this opportunity to treat the roof as a canvas, more so than a typical green roof, and designed it as a living piece of art, full of succulents”.

Second floor Green Roof with a Built in deck”
“add green roof component to decktop?”
“Combining a contemporary green roof with classic decking, this implementation is good if you don’t want to go full-bore.”
“modular system by liveroof for roof deck with sedum already grown in from local nursery”
“Green roofs needs water proofing, roots non spreading, controlling sheet, nutritional soil/mixture, controlled irrigation.”
“Green area on roof top patio”
“This is a modular green roof system with built in sedum”
“This doesn’t mean that all green-roof systems have to be built in, however. Some professionals in North America are using modular systems in their design specifications. For example, Aaron Kang-Crosby at Spore Design says the company used a modular system by LiveRoof.
“Consider prevegetated mats for your green roof project. Modular units of substrate plus rooted plants simplify installation once the proper structure and waterproofing are in place. A carpet of mixed stonecrop (Sedum) varieties creates a low-muss, low-fuss green roof.”
“Lovely roof top deck with green roof”
“Prevegetated mats. Consider prevegetated mats for your green roof project. Modular units of substrate plus rooted plants simplify installation once the proper structure”
“Consider prevegetated mats for your green roof project. Modular units of substrate plus rooted plants simplify installation once the proper structure and waterproofing are in place. A carpet of mixed stonecrop (Sedum) varieties creates a low-muss, low-fuss green roof.

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