Green Roof Lawn

Whether planting grass or ornamental flowering plants on your roof there are two methods for building a green roof.

Green roof lawn. Colorful flowers and lush green grasses are growing in the sky or at least it looks that way from the sidewalk. You can roll out the layers of the system one by one or buy pre planted modular. The garden roof lawn assembly is considered a lightweight assembly but with a slightly deeper soil depth and is designed to support sod lawns as well as perennials. Simply put a green roof is one that allows for the growth of vegetation but the process is more involved than plopping down a few potted plants.

Lawns have unique needs due to the foot traffic they experience. Green roofs with turf are lush usable spaces. Perfect for a green roof because it adapts well to harsh conditions sea thrift is a grass like plant commonly found on the coast. Designers have the ability to create large lawn areas on rooftops using a garden roof lawn assembly.

It prefers sandy soil and dry conditions and the plants produce long stems of white or pink flowers throughout the summer. This rooflite soil system supports lawn grasses that require deeper root space and thrive on a soil with plenty of finer particles and the precise amount of organic matter. Trading above head shingles for succulents could make your roof more eco friendly.