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Gardener on the Roof
Posted by alittle on December 6, 2005 - 3:01pm.
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Umbra on Green Roofs

You see them sprouting up more and more: rooftops covered with growing plants. We’re not talking ferns in pots, here—we’re talking grasses and other hardy vegetation taking root right there on the roof. Today, a reader wonders whether she ought to shed her shingles and go green. In response, advice maven Umbra Fisk climbs up on her ladder to poke around the topic.

Read the full story here.

Syndicated from Grist

Photo: Katrin Scholz-Barth/NREL.



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from some reason it remindes this
by Anonymous on December 6, 2005 - 6:44pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Highway_(Manhattan)


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Looks Great
by Anonymous on December 7, 2005 - 7:05pm

Only if I could have something like that on my roof.


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by Anonymous on December 7, 2005 - 7:05pm

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