Meadow Green Roof

Haybase lightweight meadow roof.

Meadow green roof.

It replaces the ecology the new house sits upon thereby replacing the habitat that a house takes away. On the ground we recommend installing onto meadowmat low fertility soil. Used over a whole roof a green roof will be the single overriding design influence on the house as well as impacting on the construction right down to the foundations. The maintenance regime for heritage meadowmat is simple and undemanding.

A great example of a so called brown roof this green roof for biodiversity is one of many in central london. Charlie miller p e president and founder of roofscapes inc has been a very active member of this task force from the beginning. Within the past few years the astm convened a green roof task force to create green roof standards. He is the primary author of four of the five standards recently published and listed below.

Roofmeadow green roof system design and installation. High above bishopsgate london a dry meadow offers an natural oasis for wildlife. A green roof is in ecological terms a great and simple thing to do. A range of specially selected biodiversity hotspots for bees butterflies and other invertebrates to improve the biodiversity contribution of whichever green roof you choose.

Clover vetch a few late red. Green roof systems diadem 150 meadow extensive green roof an ecologically sound and economic green roof system that provides a meadow effect which requires only low maintenance. Ask us about our habitat upgrade package. With over 10 years of excellence roofmeadow formerly roofscapes is the north american leader in green roofs.

Meadowmat roof garden contains fewer grasses than a ground level wildflower meadow and so the annual hay cut associated with traditional management is more about neatness and managing the nutrient levels in the growing medium than it is about grass control and biodiversity. For green roofing applications use green roof substrate as your growing medium. A technical expert in the field he continues heading the firm leading our constant exploration of new and better green roofing designs and strategies.