REAL GREEN ROOFS

(or is it ROOVES?)

The last day of the conference was a chance for delegates (posh name for conference visitors) to see some green roofs here in Sheffield.

Did you even know we had any?

Nigel Dunnett our advisor from the Sheffield University was kind enough to show us around his small but imaginative garden. It has two sheds both of which have green roofs. The big blue one has also had a dry stone wall addition as well as planting on top.

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The little one has had some extra posts put up and some wood boxes made on the roof to hold the substrate (what the plants grow in), this is kind of gravel and crushed bricks and things.

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They are great, instead of being big ugly sheds they are part of the garden and look great as well as giving the birds and insects somewhere else to live.