Would you like a green roof on your building?
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There are different ways of making a green roof. As a do-it-yourselfer, you can learn some basics in the section on construction. Below is a quick guide.
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Buy ready made mats. The company who sells them should give you good instructions on how to install them. Here you can also see pictures of the process.
Site-build a green roof using the same materials that ready made ones are made out of. The same set of pictures shows that process too. Steeper roofs are not suitable for site-building.
Do your own thing, using materials you have avaiable. Go here for some tips to consider. Also look at the link below.
Maximize for biological diversity, using cheap, local materials. Livingroofs.org has a good description for do-it-yourselfers.
Thicker soil layers, more intensively maintained gardens. Here are some tips.
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| Pictures of some home made green roofs: |
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< Site-built extensive green roof on a garden shed. Made by Bertil Alvetorp, Trelleborg, Sweden. |
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Bruce Wasell, USA, made this grass roof on > his Viking-celebrating hut.
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< This leaf-shaped roof was built and designed by Stefan Bergström, Kivik, Sweden. The vegetation is prefabreicated mats. |
| Landscape architect Sandra Nilsson, Malmö, > Sweden, greened her letterbox, using a prefabricated mat. |
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< Here Karl-Erik Grevendahl, Oxie, Sweden, reused a green roof, moved from the Augustenborg Botanical Roof Garden, on his garden shed. |
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