Food growing in London on green roofs is on the rise. This weeks photograph shows a food growing plot on a high end office.
Category Archives: Green Roof Beauty Contest
Poppies on a biosolar roof in London
This weeks green roof image – Poppies on a Biosolar roof in London, celebrates the synergies between renewable energy and green roofs. Biosolar roofs need to be the future of roofs in London. Read the article to find out why.
Green roofs – Turf roofs of Scandinavia
Scandinavian Turf roofs are very popular across the internet. This weeks image shows a traditional Scandinavian turf roof construction. Modern green roofs are just re-invention of this approach.
A Green Roof in Essex
Green roofs can also be installed outside urban areas to create interesting habitats for wildlife. This roof has had Partridge nesting on it and is surrounding by fields. These fields are arable and lacking in biodiversity.
Competition to celebrate the beauty of green roofs
The 2016 green roof beauty contest will be running over the summer this year. Why not take part and celebrate the beauty of green roofs across the word
Dramatic Skyline over green roof in London
The Hare’s foot clover and Viper’s bugloss grace the roof beneath the London Skyline. Roofscapes can be home to wildflowers and rare fauna.
Swiss green roof for biodiversity
This is one of the original green roofs designed for biodiversity in the City of Basel. First installed in 2002, the roof is still flourishing and provide much needed habitat for rare invertebrates in the city.
The original brown roof – biodiversity in action
This green roof – or rather ‘brown’ roof gave birth to livingroofs.org at the Laban Dance Centre in Deptford London Installed in 2002, we have been visiting this roof for over 16 years on a regular basis. How better to start our new green roof photo of the week.