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Our Enviro-Turf
on the roof of a garage in the Vancouver area
Photo courtesy Bruce Hemstock, New Westminster BC
PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. |
We believe in green roofs and carry a variety of sedums
that are particularly well-suited to grow on roof-tops,
as well as our grass seed called Enviro-Turf.
Major benefits of green roofs include:
- storm water retention
- provides insulation
- provides cooling
- cleans the air
- saves energy
- sound absorption
- food production
- provides a wildlife habitat
- looks nice
- can be a place for urbanites to grow food
Bluestem Nursery predicts that by the turn of the
next century, most roofs of the world will have plants growing
on them. Switzerland requires that all new buildings have
a green roof.
More Information
We are not experts on the subject
of green roofs (we merely grow the plants). However in the
past few years the amount and quality of information available
on the Internet has grown considerably, so we provide here
a number of links where you can find information. Please
research these sites and/or contact them for further info
regarding a green roof:
Visit our
blog for more pics of Living Walls.
Cornelia Oberlander, a Landscape Architect in Vancouver,
British Columbia is a proponent of green roofs and has written
2 documents on the subject, which are available here in
PDF format:
Sources:
- Lucas
Contracting - based in Ontario, nice videos on the
site
- Godfrey
Roofing - located in Ottawa, ON
- Soprema
- sales offices across Canada
- Flynn
Canada - installation, design assistance
- Elevated
Landscape Technologies - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- green roof and living wall systems
- Green
Roof Tops - green walls; out of Vancouver, BC, Canada,
servicing worldwide
- Paradise
Cityscapes - installers located in Victoria, BC, serving
southern British Columbia
- Xeri roX Productions Ltd - Merritt, BC
- Verdir Systems - Abbotsford, BC
- supplier of growing medium
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