Growing Media For Green Roofs

Green roof growing medium what s so special about it.

Growing media for green roofs.

The combination of experience and state of the art equipment allows us to install materials quickly and efficiently. The growing media needed to facilitate a healthy green roof will be determined by the type of vegetative growth. However the factors allowing for a lightweight roof can create a high stress environment for plant material. These materials are available throughout the west coast of north.

Sand required to. Suitable for shallow rooting green roof plants such as sedum sempervivum and other drought tolerant species. To better understand the full use of a green roof system we have broken down the layers here. Applied mulch soil is a division of gallivan corporation and have become proven experts in many areas including the installation of green roof growing media.

Soil structure for green roof media lightweight volcanic aggregate such as pumice or lava. Before the growing media is selected there are other layers of the green roof system which play major roles in the functionality of the roof. The extensive green roof lightweight cost effective and probably the most popular of the green roofs. Engineered for extensive green roofs with a media depth of 6 inches or less.

Over a 100m2 green roof with 10cm depth of growing medium the weight saved by using substrate instead of soil is considerable. This of course can be reflected in the cost of building materials.