Scandinavian Green Roof

Guided tours on the Augustenborg Botanical Roof Garden
and in the EcoCity Augustenborg

Augustenborg is a very interesting housing area in Malmö, Sweden, where a unique regeneration process has taken place to adapt the neighbourhood to a sustainable future. The full tour will show you the Botanical Roof Garden; the only green roof demonstration and research site of its kind in the world. There you will learn of the benefits and construction of green roofs, and see some conventional and some very innovative solar power systems. The tour then continues to show the open stormwater system - a new approach to sustainable urban water management - a large scale experiment, which turned out very well. You will see approaches to energy saving and local production of renewable energy - quite surprising, sometimes! Recycling and waste management and green architecture are other features you will see. The social aspects, and listening to the wishes of the tennants played an overall important role in this project.

The normal tour takes about 1½-2 hours. Shorter or longer tours can be arranged according to the wishes of your group. A good size group is up to 20 people. Larger groups will be divided between two guides. Tours are given in Swedish, Danish or English. Call us or mail us to book a tour and for information on prices, any time of year:
E-mail: info@greenroof.se
Telephone: +46 40 94 85 20

Sustainable tourist attraction

Water Safari

Augustenborg also has tours for children. The Water Safari is a picture and sound adventure for 4-6 year old children. They will see a DVD about how water evaporates and becomes rain. Then they will get vests and earphones, to go out on the roofs and along the canals of Augustenborg to follow the course of the water, accompanied by recorded stories and their teachers.

The tour is free of charge. it takes up to 1 hour. To book, call us or mail us any time of year:
E-mail: info@greenroof.se
Telephone: +46 40 94 85 20