Green Roof Maintenance London

This was probably the worst we ve seen.

Green roof maintenance london.

We were called in by a garden and landscape design consultant to diagnose what had gone wrong with this modular roof in west london which had no plant life surviving at all and was a significant blot on an otherwise beautifully tended garden. Container gardens on roofs where plants are maintained in pots are not generally considered to be true green roofs although. Uk green roof maintenance ecological london homes previous next the trend for green or living roofs and rooftop gardens is continuing to grow in the uk and around the world in a bid to reduce the temperature in cities and tackle the phenomenon of urban heat islands where an urban area is significantly warmer. Creating green roofs that inspire green roofs are our passion.

There is no such thing as a no maintenance roof green or otherwise. A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproofing membrane it may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. Find out what. Learn all about green roofs and how they help to sustain our environment.

Green roofs can can help with many of the consequences of climate change but they need to be in good health to do so and many simply aren t even close our planet doesn t have time for failing green roofs. Maintenance for a living roof needs to be considered from the outset. Another week another dead modular green roof.