Comments on: Pumice? http://seedingthecity.org/35 a plan for greening the urban expanse Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: eve http://seedingthecity.org/35/comment-page-1#comment-73 eve Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:10:21 +0000 http://seedingthecity.org/?p=35#comment-73 Hey Jorg! Thanks for the comments - I definitely am not dumping dirt & planting! I've done a lot of research and talked to green roof installers & growers. I also don't want to reinvent the wheel - I don't have time for that. Given all that there are some issues with some of the systems - and a hybrid of two systems is really what would be most useful for my project, which for now means diy style. This is what I am looking at now: http://seedingthecity.org/diy-green-roofs. On the other hand, if you have some great thoughts on what could work that is already out there, email me (eve @ seedingthecity dot org) I would really really appreciate any thoughts or feedback that you have. Thanks! Hey Jorg!

Thanks for the comments – I definitely am not dumping dirt & planting! I’ve done a lot of research and talked to green roof installers & growers. I also don’t want to reinvent the wheel – I don’t have time for that.

Given all that there are some issues with some of the systems – and a hybrid of two systems is really what would be most useful for my project, which for now means diy style. This is what I am looking at now: http://seedingthecity.org/diy-green-roofs.

On the other hand, if you have some great thoughts on what could work that is already out there, email me (eve @ seedingthecity dot org) I would really really appreciate any thoughts or feedback that you have.
Thanks!

]]> By: Jorg Breuning http://seedingthecity.org/35/comment-page-1#comment-71 Jorg Breuning Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:27:12 +0000 http://seedingthecity.org/?p=35#comment-71 Hi, Your ideas sound very interesting. However it isn't just dumping some dirt on a roof and planting what ever you want. Further by optimizing the growing media for stormwater retention –or other benefits- you might create a big disadvantage for the plants and it is quickly over with green. Don't reinvent the wheel - too many did that in this country and failed, which brings a bad image for an entire new industry! I can give you the names of suppliers of what you need and go with them. It is worth and you investment will pay back - especially when getting grants - don't waste it (wasting grants is the worst environmental disaster). Thanks http://greenroofservice.blogspot.com/ Hi,
Your ideas sound very interesting. However it isn’t just dumping some dirt on a roof and planting what ever you want. Further by optimizing the growing media for stormwater retention –or other benefits- you might create a big disadvantage for the plants and it is quickly over with green. Don’t reinvent the wheel – too many did that in this country and failed, which brings a bad image for an entire new industry!
I can give you the names of suppliers of what you need and go with them. It is worth and you investment will pay back – especially when getting grants – don’t waste it (wasting grants is the worst environmental disaster). Thanks
http://greenroofservice.blogspot.com/

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