Welcome to Garden top News. Roof gardens, eco roofs, green roofs or stronger roofs are coming to a home or business near you. Green Roofs are valuable additions to any home. They insulate, protect the roof from hail damage, add aesthetic value, and once you understand them will become a valuable asset to any earth home. In addition they've been part of our culture and history for generations in many cases. Be sure to visit Garden Top News archives above for 2004 and 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 or one of our other news sites to the right. Also visit Rooftop Additions for more info on Roofs.

Canyon Construction-Designers of Sod Roofs and sustainable buildings.California

Eco Roof Systems-The History of Roof Greening goes back in ancient history to 900 BC in the Orient. It seems that even back then green roofs were the in thing.

Display and Design Ideas-Even Wal-Mart has gone into the concept of green roofs and a grocery store uses vegetable juices to keep the grinder working instead of water.

EPF Green Roofs-NYC-The Earth Pledge Green Roofs Initiative supports the development of green, vegetated rooftops in urban areas to prevent stormwater runoff pollution, lower urban temperatures, and improve air quality.

Grass is greener on the roof-Living under a lawn is ecologically sound - and economical, writes Chris Partridge

Grass Roof for Cornwall University-Plans have been unveiled for the £40m main campus for the new Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC).

Grass Roof is Greener-The Germans have discovered a cheap and simple way of alleviating flooding, combating global warming and blending new houses into the countryside: grass roofs.

Green Roof Assessment report-Association for Green Roofs. How to become a member and information that will be of interest to you.

Green Roof for healthy cities-(website) is now a rapidly growing not-for-profit industry association working to promote the industry throughout North America.

(article)Green Roof For Healthy Cities-Irish Times-Java-Interesting article on an eco-house with a moss roof which was placed there to provide rainwater for the toilets.

Island Lifestyle-Thatched roof builders and designers plus other ideas from Hawaii.

Moss Roofs-Living roofs for the Pacific Northwest-A page put together by Tom Bender on have a moss roof.

Mother Earth News-I found this page of particular interest for it speaks much of grass roofs and includes some images of earth homes from around the world.

New Colonist-Green Roofs and brighter futures-the four parts to a green roof.

Prairie Technologies-Prairie Technologies specializes in the design and implementation of sustainable and renewable building technologies. Take a peek at their roof cam.

School Roof will be a grass act-BBC-The £7m building in Tranent, East Lothian, will also use solar power to generate electricity to heat water.

Sedum Moss roof-The two-year study was performed on new roofs in the eco-city Augustenborg and also on nearby old vegetative roofs. To determine the effect of rainfall on roof runoff.

Sustainable Communities-A history of sod or green roofs.

UCLAN-UNIVERSITY'S 'GREEN' LIBRARY WINS EDEN DESIGN AWARD-A PENRITH library which boasts a moss roof and natural lighting and air-conditioning has won a design award.

What is a Green Roof? There are two types of green roofs: intensive and extensive. Intensive green roofs require a minimum of one foot of soil depth to create a more traditional roof garden, with large trees, shrubs and other manicured landscapes. They are multi-layer constructions with elaborate irrigation and drainage systems. Intensive green roofs add considerable load (from 80 to 150 pounds per square foot[lbs/sf]) to a structure and require intensive maintenance. In contrast, extensive green roofs range from as little as 1 to 5 inches in soil depth. Depending on the soil depth and type of substrate, loads can vary from 15 lbs/sf to 50 lbs/sf. For instance, historic green roofs in Berlin, Germany, built around 1900, weigh about 42 lbs/sf. Extensive green roofs are not designed for public use but can be accessed for routine maintenance walks, generally performed once per year. Extensive green roofs are primarily built for their environmental benefits.

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Green Roofs-This is a grass roof with a couple goats to crop it for you. Pretty cool. Other neat pictures. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8(Bali House), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,

Nemo-Green Roofs-Green roofs are typically expected to last twice as long as a comparable conventional roof.

Ama Zulu-Laguna Grass is made in Florida but can be used anywhere you need a Tiki bar or thatched roof which is waterproof.