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Aesthetics For Green Roofs And Green Walls, Richard K. Sutton
Aesthetics For Green Roofs And Green Walls, Richard K. Sutton
Landscape Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity
Do green roofs and green walls have aesthetic benefits? Most green roof proponents would say so. But what are they and how do they relate to green roof design in terms of species selection, planting arrangement, viewable context, access, maintenance and other factors? Aesthetics according to the Green Roof Design 101 Manual 2nd Ed (GRHC 2006) provides “pleasure- and psycho-physiologically-oriented benefits” but, this narrow understanding suggests that the aesthetic potential of green roofs is limited to what one might experience looking upon any garden. We suggest other ways that need exploring to make aesthetics more relevant and understandable to …
Seeding Green Roofs With Native Grasses, Richard K. Sutton
Seeding Green Roofs With Native Grasses, Richard K. Sutton
Landscape Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity
During six years of native grass establishment and growth on four green roofs, we sought to understand appropriate seeding seasons and spacing, the amount of time to reach the industry 80% coverage threshold (FLL 2008), the seed yield projections for volunteer plant infill. We also produced and tested methods for successfully and inexpensively seeding and determined “as needed” irrigation protocols. The suite of techniques examined improves and enhances the use, establishment, and management of native grasses on green roofs and reduces green roof costs.