Guardian (news) website

The Green Roof Centre in Sheffield recently hosted a 'Green Roof Safari', it was a great oportunity to visit some of the green roofs within walking distance of the centre. Apparently there are now 14 roofs with vegetation on within just 400 m... WOW.

The introduction to the tour by Jeff Sorrill (Green Roof Centre Manager) referred to the roof of our school as 'the most important green roof in the country'. Last year Nigel Dunnett (Reader in Urban Horticulture) Sheffield University indicated that it was also probably the most researched roof in the country if not Europe.

'the most important green roof in the country''

Guardian news sent a reporter and photographer on the safari and the link below is to the site with a slideshow of stills and narration of the safari. They heard so many interesting things about the Sharrow roof that the photographer came back the next day to visit the school roof. The beginning of the film shows lots of pictures of the Sharrow roof and later there are ones of some of the features like the brick pile and it ends back at Sharrow.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/audioslideshow/2010/apr/08/sheffield-green-roof-safari