Intensive Roof Garden

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.

Intensive roof garden.

Green roofs can help reduce energy costsfor a building by acting as another layer of insulation between the inside and outside of the roof. Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures. This 12 000 square foot green roof is located on howlett hall home to the osu department of horticulture crop science department of food science and technology and the chadwick arboretum learning. An ideal rooflite soil for intensive green roofs rooftop gardens container gardens planters can be used in combination with rooflite intensive base and rooflite drain to provide deeper root space normally used at depth of 8 12 inches supports growth of ground covers perennials ornamental grasses shrubs trees.

From a distance an extensive sedum roof can be mistaken for a grass field. 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. Another term for these green roofs is rooftop garden. The variety of plants possible is numerous including sod grass lawns perennial and annual flowers shrubs and even small trees.

These are covered with low growing plants such as evergreen sedums. We make sure they remain successful landscapes for years to come. 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. Besides the visual impact of an extensive green roof they also provide a natural habitat for birds and insects.

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. The intensive green roof uses planting mediums that have greater depth than the extensive green roof. 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. A typical growing medium depth of an intensive green roof is 6 inches or more.