Intensive Roof Garden

Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures.

Intensive roof garden.

Replacing the impervious surface of a conventional roof with a vegetated can help to substantially reduce storm water run off and restore the balance with nature in our urban centers. Intensive green roofs and roof gardens bauder has experience in helping design accessible roofs and roof gardens to achieve the right layout and planting choices. Intensive designs usually consist of a mixture of hard and soft landscaping and incorporate plants that require regular maintenance such as watering fertilizing and mowing. We make sure they remain successful landscapes for years to come.

In august and early september of 2013 the green roof on howlett hall was installed in the chadwick arboretum learning gardens the first retrofit green roof at the ohio state university. To start with take a look at the most simple family of green roofs. Another term for these green roofs is rooftop garden. A typical growing medium depth of an intensive green roof is 6 inches or more.

From a distance an extensive sedum roof can be mistaken for a grass field. Green roofs can help reduce energy costsfor a building by acting as another layer of insulation between the inside and outside of the roof. These are covered with low growing plants such as evergreen sedums. Besides the visual impact of an extensive green roof they also provide a natural habitat for birds and insects.

The intensive green roof uses planting mediums that have greater depth than the extensive green roof. This is most noticeable in intensive green roofs since there is a thicker and more consistent layer of soil which provides a higher insulating value. This deeper soil allows intensive roofs to accommodate large plants and dramatic plant groupings. The variety of plants possible is numerous including sod grass lawns perennial and annual flowers shrubs and even small trees.