Roofs & Rambles

Rainy afternoon but still walk down to Brookmill Park in Lewisham to try out my new 200mm lens. I regularly see Kingfishers in the Park. Luckily there was one fishing avid along the southern stretch. Although not a brilliant shot it certainly shows that they are here. One of the best places in the UK [...]

A cold damp winters day visit to the Laban Dance Centre.  Our first green roof visit of the year. This roof is the original  rubble or brown roof. We carried a couple of bags of crocii bulbs to plant in the rubble. At this time of year, to many the roof’s look will not appeal, [...]

As the nights draw in and the storms of autumn herald in the approach of winter, everything retreats into itself in preparation for hibernation. The naturalists mind leaves behind thoughts of bees, and the fragrance of summer  and turns to fungi and winter tit flocks. A visit to a green roof in autumn may well [...]

Earlier in the year as part of my London leaders pledge I manages to get Lendlease Retail Ltd to install a small green roof on their London HQ. The roof in question was in fact a balcony 30m long and about 1m wide. The roof was installed over a weekend in January by  Garden Lounge [...]

A visit to Pestival at the weekend inspired me to write something on habitat walls, sand walls and of course green roofs! Nearly everywhere I have traveled in Switzerland and Germany, from the Black Forest to thuringia, to the high Alps, to animal parks, nature reserves and even Universities I have always encountered these features. [...]

Green roofs and strawbale buildings is a complete eco-friendly way to build. I know that Amazonails have done quite a few buildings like this and John Little and are hoping to be running a workshop with them on this combined theme in November sometime. Keep an eye on greenroofstraining for more info or sign up [...]