Resources
Rooftop Gardens to visit
http://www.roofgardens.com/introduction/history/
Rooftop gardens owned by Sir Richard Branson (Virgin).
http://rooftopgardens.ca/en
Canadian rooftop garden initiative to introduce the concept of growing your own food.
http://www.rebargroup.org/projects/commonspace/150california/
POPOS Blog listing Privately Owned Public Open Spaces.
http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=237
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital rooftop garden.
http://www.401richmond.net/gardens/
Toronto, Canada, 401 Richmond, office building with a stunning year round rooftop garden, wireless internet too!!
http://www.fountainsquareindy.com/shelbistreet/rooftop.asp
Fountain Square Theatre Building, Indianapolis, Indiana.
http://www.affinia.com/New-York-City-Hotel.aspx?name=Shelburne-Murray-Hill&page=Rare-View
New York rooftop garden.
http://www.sfmoma.org/pages/build_roofotp
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.greenroofsafari.com/
The first guided study tour of European green roofs. Green Roof Safari offers special access to the European green roof industry.
Food Gardens
http://www.worldfoodgarden.org/default.asp
The World’s First Map of Food Gardens.
http://www.cityfarmer.info/rooftop-vegetable-gardener-at-rocket-rooftop-garden-takes-us-on-a-tour/
Good story about a rooftop garden for a restaurant.
Products
http://www.gardeners.com/Rooftop-Gardens/default/5283.page
Gardener’s Supply company with Gardner Activist Articles on green roofs.
http://www.drip-irrigation-solutions.com/index-New-York-roof-tops.php
Drip irrigation solutions.
http://www.kofflersales.com/mats_matting.asp
Outdoor floor matting materials.
http://www.theurbanfarm.com/index.html
Products for soil, container gardening, and hydroponic vegetable production.
http://www.bokashicycle.com
Keeping your food scraps out of the garbage can, keeping them out of landfills, out of the sewers, and putting them back into the soil after proper fermentation completes and important natural cycle.
http://www.discountspasdirect.com/
Hot Tub Covers – Find affordable pricing on custom covers for your hot tub and spa at Discount Spas Direct.
http://www.advancedwaterfilters.com/
Advanced Water Filters offers the latest environmentally-friendly no salt water softener systems.
http://www.gloriousgardening4u.com/
Wide variety of affordable garden decorating items planters & pots, water fountains all intended to make YOUR garden absolutely glorious!
http://www.skylandusa.us/index.html
rooflite® is a product line of certified growing media designed specifically for green roof application. Precisely engineered and manufactured, they comply with all related ASTM standards as well as the German FLL1 – Greenroof Guidelines.
http://www.boomenviro.com
Founded by Reuben Weinstein. BOOM is a third generation business committed to recycling and conservation. The Weinstein family continues to develop innovative recycling methods and techniques to launch their respective businesses.
http://www.lucyandricky.com/2010/01/11/water-fountain-for-your-beautiful-home/ Lucy and Ricky Water Fountains for your rooftop garden.
http://www.vertigarden.co.uk VertiGarden system creates a vertical (usually seasonal) garden – or living wall for small spaces and works for large spaces as well.
Outdoor Art and Sculpture
http://www.maronpot.com Maronpot Studios creates metal art and sculpture inspired by the designs and structures of the natural world. They design and build custom large and small-scale functional and decorative art for interior and exterior landscapes.
Architects and Landscape Designers
http://www.chicagogardens.com/rooftop_gardens_projects/
Chicago Specialty gardens rooftop garden designers.
http://www.ecllandscapes.com/VOW/Rt/Rt01.html
Evan C. Lie Landscape Design
http://www.jacobsryan.com/JRA%20-%20home.htm
Jacobs/Ryan Associates Landscape Architects
http://www.hoerrschaudt.com/rooftop-gardens/
Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
Photographers
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp606/html/MilkoAmorth.html
Milko K. Amorth photographed this roof on Time/Date: June 22, 2006, 11.39 am local time using Equipment:EOS350,Sigma8,Monopod.Roof Garden Designers
Definitions and Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_garden
Definition of roof garden from Wikipedia.
http://www.cityfarmer.org/rooftop59.html
General information from Canada on rooftop greening.
http://commons.bcit.ca/greenroof/
The Centre for the Advancement of green Roof Technology is evaluating the function and performance of extensive green roofs and living walls in the rainforest climate of coastal B.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jörg_Breuning
A definition in Wikipedia about Jörg Breuning.
Container Gardening
http://www.container-gardens.com/Container-gardens-rooftop.htm
Container gardens website with rooftop gardening information.
Roof Systems and Contractors
http://www.zinco-usa.com/
ZinCo is the worldwide leader of engineered green roof systems.
http://www.cmjonesinc.com
Landscape, design build and maintenance. (See Projects for recently completed rooftop gardens)
http://www.hydrotechusa.com/start.htm
Hydrotech is a firm specializing in the installation of green Roof systems.
http://www.agreenroof.com
Green Living Roofs and Green Living Walls. Green Living™ Technologies, LLC
http://www.greengridroofs.com/
Green Grid roofing and wall systems.
http://www.liveroof.net/
Prevegetated modular roof system.
http://www.americanwick.com/
The AMERGREEN system is designed specifically for today’s high performance greenroof applications.
http://www.barrettroofs.com/
Offers the Green Roof-Roofscape system, utilizing German technology.
http://www.bennettandbrosseau.com/
Roofing systems to meet the needs of any building, environment, or budget.
http://www.buildinglogics.com
Design, manufacture, install and monitor the performance of greenroofs and related systems.
http://afslasvegas.com
Air Filtration Systems, Corp. Vent scrubbers, sewer and grease vent odor filtration solutions.
City of Chicago Rooftop Greening
http://tinyurl.com/yzdra6p
City of Chicago City Hall Rooftop Garden
http://www.cityfarmer.org/greenroofs.html
City of Chicago builds rooftop garden on top of City hall.
http://www.asla.org/meetings/awards/awds02/chicagocityhall.html
Photos and details of City hall rooftop garden results.
Canadian Rooftop Greening
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/21047/diy_rooftop_gardens.html
Benefits of rooftop greening.
http://www.greenroofs.com
Is an internet news media organization: the international green roof industry’s resource and online information portal.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/greenroofstb.html
Library of Congress, excellent bibliography prepared by Science Reference Services.
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/schoolyard.asp
How to incorporate gardening into education with limited space.
http://cooperator.com/articles/1444/1/Beautifying-with-Rooftop-and-Community-Gardens/Page1.html
The Cooperator is a NY newsletter for the community association industry in NY.
Events
http://www.greenroofs.com/upcoming_events.htm#UpcomingEvents
Seminars, workshops, courses.
Plant Suppliers
http://www.greenroofplants.com/
Emory Knoll Farms: premier supplier of green roof plants and expertise, nationally and globally.
http://www.mossacres.com
Moss Acres is the one stop resource for gardening with moss.
http://www.motherplants.net/
Plants for green living roofs.
http://www.uncommonplants.com/roofs.html
Robert Herman, independent consultant and plant advisor.
Education
http://www.greenresourcecouncil.org/
National Association of Realtors Green Educational Offerings.
http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/education-sessions
USGBC offers a wide selection of LEED workshops taught by highly qualified LEED Faculty and Education Provider industry experts.
http://www.stormwater.ucf.edu
College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Central Florida-Managed Stormwater is Good Water-Marty Wanielista, Director Water Research Center and Stormwater Management Academy
Green Blogs
http://cleanerairforcities.blogspot.com/
Clean Air For Cities is a highly informative blog about the subject of rooftop greening.
http://www.growinginchicago.com
Chicago gardener, good information about technical aspects of gardening in Chicago.
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-garden/
Great Chicago gardening information, superb photography as well. Love the name – Mr. Brown Thumb.
http://www.mysunnybalcony.com/
A project aimed at giving everyone the dream garden that they’ve always wanted, right outside their windows.
http://greenroofservice.wordpress.com/
Greenroofservice.com blog.
http://lawnclub.blogspot.com/
Jörg Breuning a green Roof Expert with 30 years of experience in working on green roofs.
http://greenroofservice.blogspot.com/
Another blog by Green Roof Service, LLC
http://www.conservationtechnology.com/index.html
Since 1984, Resource Conservation Technology has manufactured and distributed advanced technology for energy, water, and environmental conservation.
http://greenrooftechnology.blogspot.com/
Green Roof Expert with 30 years of experience in working on green roofs. Jörg Breuning installed more extensive green roofs than currently (2009) in the entire US.
http://thecarbonfreehome.com/ The Carbon Free Home authors Rebekah and Stephen Hren.
Green Books
http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/carbonfreehome The Carbon Free Home by Rebekah and Stephen Hren
