A roof garden is a similar technique that places container gardens on a roof.
Green roof and nursiers differences.
That landscape is the green roof.
Both may feature recreational facilities or commercial facilities such as a rooftop cafe.
They also reflect sunlight but can potentially provide many additional benefits.
Suitable for low sloped residential roofs and retrofits.
This is most noticeable in intensive green roofs since there is a thicker and more consistent layer of soil which provides a higher insulating value.
Ideal for large flat roof buildings and apartments.
A 2006 study by the university of michigan comparing costs of conventional and green roofs showed that on average installing a green roof costs about 22 00 sq.
Desert grasses and succulent plants.
Green roofs have started sprouting in urban areas everywhere giving some of our favorite hardy succulents new opportunities to shine.
15 to 50 per square foot.
A green roof like your lawn is generally flat thin 4 6 of soil and planted with a family of short plants called sedum.
There are three types of green roofs.
But the difference between a green roof and a rooftop garden is kind of like the difference between a turf lawn and a patio garden bed with trees and shrubs.
Snodgrass june 1 2006 there is a new landscape emerging in north america still largely unseen but gaining in popularity.
Both benefit the environment.
3 6 of light weight growing medium.
Green roofs are planted.
A primer by edmond c.
A green roof is the practice of growing vegetation directly on a roof over a waterproof membrane.
8 to 20 per square foot.
Extensive green roofs designed for environmental solutions.
For a conventional roof.