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Cowslips and Sand mounds - a London green roof

Monday, 22 March 2010 19:25 Dusty Gedge

Spring is now on us and this excellent green roof installed in London is starting to bloom. Although much of the seeds and plug plants are yet to bloom, a few Cowslips are already raising their heads to the London Sky to attract bees from around the immediate vicinity...read more

Coltsfoot and Crocuses on a Green Roof - Lewisham

Sunday, 21 March 2010 16:48 Dusty Gedge

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 roof has developed. Last summer the living roofs were awash with annuals and the native herbs that were planted. Now that the green roof has hit its first Spring, the crocuses and coltsfoot are in bloom after a long, hard cold, winter...green roof training

Green roof installation for Bees

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 21:35 Dusty Gedge

King Alfred's School, Golder's Green

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 school is also where Dr. G. Kadas, a leading researcher on green roofs and biodiversity, sends her son to school. The school has a number of bee hives and creating green roof habitats at roof level will provide the bees with extra forage habitat.

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Bulbs, Bees, Hoverflies and a Green Roof Garage

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 00:00 Dusty Gedge

Spent a lovely hour on a garage green roof at the home of Dr. G.Kadas' garage green roof, my good friend who is one of the world's leading green roof and invertebrate biodiversity researcher. A lovely hour as today felt like the first day of spring.