Stantec Green Roof – Edmonton – Wildflowers and Bees
by Dusty ~ August 19th, 2010. Filed under: Green Roof News, On The Road.Deep in the heart of downtown Edmonton is a wonderful green roof atop the offices of Stantec. I was fortunate to visit this green roof during my speaker/lecture tour of Alberta back in June. The green roof could be considered a green roof designed for native biodiversity. Much of the planting is native and, certainly when I was there, there was a lot of bee activity.
Amongst the flowers I managed to identify were Brown-eyed susan, Nodding onion, Showy aster, Yellow beardtongue and Smooth blue aster.
The bees seemed particularly attractive to two other plants. Two-grooved milk vetch and a plant I have yet to identify [any tips send me a comment - finally someone has identified the plant - a Richardson's Alumroot - see below].
I will be doing a full report on the roof in the near future on livingroofs.
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January 29th, 2011 at 2:25 am
Last pic is Richardson’s Alumroot. I haven’t seen the Stantec roof for several years. It’s lovely to see how it has matured
January 29th, 2011 at 9:25 am
Forbs – thanks for the id of the plabt – greatly appreciated
January 29th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
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