ROOF TOP GARDENS
ROOF TOP GARDENS – Rooftops are one of our cities’ greatest untapped resources. They account for hundreds of acres of empty, und …
ROOF TOP GARDENS
Author Evergreen
ROOF TOP GARDENS – Rooftops are one of our cities’ greatest untapped resources. They account for hundreds of acres of empty, under-utilized space, contributing to problems like the “heat island effect” and increased storm-water run-off.
But rooftops could easily be turned into valuable green spaces, by creating green roofs of wildflowers, trees and shrubs or vegetables on schools, apartments, homes and places of work throughout the city.
Green roofs can be divided into two types: the vegetation- covered or “inaccessible roof” where the soil and plants form another layer of the roofing system…
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