Roofs as Gardens
May 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM Leave a comment
I had a dentist appointment this afternoon (no cavities, no oral cancer). While waiting to be called to The Chair, I leafed through the May, 2009 issue of the National Geographic magazine and came across this articled titled, “Green Roofs.” It’s about how the roof tops of buildings in cities around the world are being transformed from ugly dark oasises of asphalt into glorious gardens, both ornamental and vegetable. Here’s the gallery of photographs that accompanied the article.
Since I expected to be called at any moment, I didn’t read much of the text but one thing I did learn is that in Switzerland, it’s mandatory that foliage be planted on all new, flat roofs. Pretty cool. (Oops, never mind, we can’t have that, because that would be socialism or communism or something like that, right?)
Anyway, enjoy.
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