Some Buildings With Roof Gardens

In the second installation of the carlisle roofing series buildings editor in chief janelle penny chats with chris kann roof garden product manager for carlisle about best practices for green roof projects.

Some buildings with roof gardens.

Vegetated roofs aren t just beautiful they re valuable tools for managing stormwater reducing the urban heat island effect and providing more usable space for building occupants. Some of the early examples include the freshwater place residential tower in melbourne 2002 with its level 10 rooftop half acre garden ch2 building housing the melbourne city council 2006 australia s first 6 star green star design commercial office building as certified by the green building council of australia and condor tower 2005 with a 75 square metre 810 square foot lawn on. You will probably want to provide some sort of shade if not for the plants then for you. This article will look at some of the benefits of rooftop gardens.

The complete guide to building a rooftop garden. While some roof gardens produce healthy foods and flowers with minimal problems others experience difficulties. Although not completely open to the elements this garden is more. Besides the sun beating down on the roof there is ambient heat being reflected from the roof surface surrounding buildings streetcars and metal exhaust and utility structures.

In australia although we re still catching up with north america and europe incorporating green roofs to buildings is an initiative that has been around for a while as can be seen in this list of australia s best verticle and rooftop gardens. City dwellers wishing to grow fresh vegetables and flowers sometimes opt to plant gardens on the rooftops of homes apartment complexes and commercial office buildings. You don t have to have a yard to get things growing. The crossrail place roof gardens is a haven of greenery providing some respite to the suited and booted residents of canary wharf.

Some roof gardens on commercial buildings apartment complexes or private homes flourish and produce flowers fruit or vegetables without much difficulty. Some buildings were simply not designed to withstand the additional weight a rooftop garden would add. Kensington roof gardens 99 kensington high st london. You don t need the architect or contractor for the whole garden building process but you will need them to tell you if the building is safe to build a rooftop garden on.