Dusty Gedge
Green Infrastructure Professional, Speaker, Photographer and Nature Conservationist
Short biography
Wildlife Specialist
Dusty has been a birdwatcher all his life and has broad interest in nature whether it be wild bees, butterflies or wildflowers. Birds lead to his career in green infrastructure.
Bird, wildlife, landscape and cityscape photographer
Over the last ten years photography has and is an important of part of his life, whether it be on his travels around the world or walking around SE London and the City.
Green Roofs and Green Infrastructure
Currently the President of the European Federation of Green Roof Associations (EFB) and founder of Livingroofs.org, Dusty Gedge is a recognised authority, designer and consultant on green roofs and green infrastructure. He works with Gary Grant for the Green Infrastructure Consultancy Ltd.
He is also co-author with John Little of the Small-scale green roof guide that has helped lots of small roofs sprout across the globe on sheds garages and other small buildings as well as a number of seminal reports on green roofs.
Public Speaking
As a trained performer there is nothing Dusty Gedge likes better than to hold an audience. He is a recognised international speaker on green roofs, green infrastructure and biodiversity.
Media
Dusty has also been a TV presenter on a number of UK shows.
Social Media/Blogs
There is nothing he likes better than posting reams of things on Twitter, Facebook (he runs a number of pages) and Instagram. – anything to do with the environment, nature and wildlife. He regularly gets asked to promote things on his social networks. If they are worthy, they are willingly shared.
Recent Writing
My recent posts covering the range of topics that interest me. If you are interested in specific topics then the categories can be found in the menu at the top of the page.
Veronica by the Ravensbourne in Lewisham
The patch of Brooklime (Veronica Beccabunga) some few bumblebees and Honey bees. Some used the leaves to drink water others just collected nectar.
Early Spring Butterflies
Spring sunlight bathed the southern part of the bank in warmth. Life suddenly felt a whole lot better. A Comma (Polygonia c-album) was the first to catch my eye.
Black Redstarts on London Olympic Green Roof
Black Redstarts on the largest green roof at the London Olympic Site are breeding. So green roofs do work work for biodiversity and they do work for black redstarts.
Stantec Green Roof – Edmonton – Wildflowers and Bees
Deep in the heart of downtown Edmonton is a wonderful green roof atop the offices of Stantec. I visited this green roof during my tour of Alberta back in June 2010.
Green wall and Bird Boxes – City of London
This is Swiss style green walling. This has been installed relatively recently and the vegetation is doing well.
Hampton Court – Sand Dune Garden
a sand dune garden as part of the Hampton Court Garden Show in 2010
Green roofs and strawbale
Green roofs and strawbale buildings are a complete eco-friendly way to build. I know that Amazonails have done quite a few buildings like this and John Little and I are hoping to be running a workshop with them on this combined theme in November sometime.
Tracking bees on a green roof brown roof – Laban Dance Centre
The Laban roof is slowly turning so there are not as much flower heads. The may, June and July flowers are turning to seed
Laban – the story of the original rubble/brown roof
The Laban Dance Centre, the original rubble roof, brown roof was designed for black redstarts and laid in 2000.