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Denver Botanical Gardens - An arid/Dry Green Roof

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:06:18 GMT

Built in autumn 2007 and in it's fourth growing season, the Denver Botanical Gardens green roof is an exemplar arid/dry green roof in the heart of the mile high city. As of May 2011, according to Amy Schneider, who looks after the roof, there are

New Wildflower Blanket bedding in at MOL

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:53:13 GMT

The green roof consultancy's large-scale retrofit of the Museum of London (MOL) is slowly taking shape. The wildflower blanket, supplied by Bauder Ltd, on the courtyard roof at the MOL is bedding in and blooming.

Des oiseaux rares prennent possession d'un toit végétal à Soho

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:17:08 GMT

C'est près de Brewer Street en plein cœur de Soho, quartier du West End de Londres, que le Rougequeue noir (Ochruros Pboenicurus), un oiseau rare à Londres, à adopté un toit végétal avec sa nichée.

Rare Bird living it up in Soho on a green roof

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:54:53 GMT

Deep in the heart of Soho, the rare Black redstart (Pboenicurus ochruros) has been living it up with it's young on a roof near Brewer Street.

Green Roof Training Liverpool and Essex

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:36:08 GMT

There are two green roof courses in June and July run by Green roof training, Livingroofs.org and RESET development.

The courses cover everything you need to know to build your own green roof and the course in Liverpool on June 18th/19th is a two day event that

LEND LEASE RAISES THE GREEN ROOF AT THE EVENTS VENUE

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:01:06 GMT

LEND LEASE RAISES THE GREEN ROOF

The Events Venue at Bluewater, the unique 5,200m² events and exhibition space that opens at Bluewater later this year, has created one of the largest green roofs in the UK, covering

Sur les toits du monde - La biodiversité pour les insectes du 55 Broadway, Londres

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:06:21 GMT

En novembre 2009 un toit végétal pour insectes a été installé au sommet de la skyline de Victoria et Westminster à Londres. Basé sur le résultat de plus de 5 années de recherche du Dr G. Kadas les deux toits des étages 9 et 10 de l'immeuble du métro de

Manchester Green Roofs and Ecosystem Services Talk

Mon, 30 May 2011 15:03:42 GMT

Last year in the Autumn of last year the popular 'Ecosystem Services and Green Roofs and Walls' seminar was held in Manchester. The event was videoed and gives a flavour of the training events held in partnership between Green Roof Training Company, Livingroofs and

Sur les toits du monde - Seewasserwerk Moos (CH), un paradis pour orchidées

Sun, 29 May 2011 19:29:39 GMT

Construit en 1913, le Seewasserwerk Moos à Wollishofen en Suisse est une usine de filtration qui purifie l'eau pour les habitants de la ville Zurich.

Silver GIlt winner and Small Scale Green Roofs

Sat, 28 May 2011 08:31:47 GMT

Nigel Dunnett's excellent New Wild Garden won a silver gilt at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. We at Livingroofs would like to congratulate Nigel on this achievement and GreenRoofShelter's for their innovative new Home Office Shipping container. This was a central feature of the