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Poppy
One of the two poppies that appeared from nowhere on the green roof.
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Uploaded on Oct 9, 2007
Green at the end of Summer
A belated updated of the green roof. Almost everything I planted flowered and most plants seem to be...
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Uploaded on Oct 9, 2007
finished shed
After a bit of a delay, I've managed to finished the green roof. I was only waiting for a couple of dry days...
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Uploaded on Mar 27, 2007
wildflowers 1
The wildflowers in the green roof have started to green up and some are looking quite perky.
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Uploaded on Mar 27, 2007
green roof
green roof 1
A couple of layers of fleece are laid on the heavy duty felt roof to protect the butyl liner. Then three...
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
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The butyl liner is cut and the front of the frame screwed in place.
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
green roof 4
Because we reversed the pitch of the roof (to make it easier to maintain the roof), the water will drain to...
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
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We used capillary matting as a reservoir layer. Apparently you can use cardboard, which is free and very...
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
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On top of the capillary matting went a layer of weed barrier membrane to act as a filter layer.
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
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On top of the filter layer went a layer of crushed bricks (which I crushed myself, not to be recommended) and lytag (clay pellets)
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
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On top of the lytag layer we put a 10mm layer of sand and subsoil. The subsoil came from digging out to...
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
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The tray of wildflower plugs, from left to right: Bird's Foot Trefoil, Cowslip, Creeping Cinquefoil, Daisy,...
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Uploaded on Mar 16, 2007
Green roof
