NURTURE
GREEN ROOF
projects
BOUGHTON Lillie Square, South East London 550m3 IN1 Intensive Green Roof Substrate Boughton provided 550m³ of intensive lightweight green roof substrate for the development of luxury podium gardens in Lillie Square, South East London. Boughton supplied Goddards Landscapes, under specification from RHS Chelsea award-winner Andy Sturgeon’s garden design team. The project utilised Boughton’s high quality intensive substrate across communal and apartment gardens; the substrate mix provided a lightweight solution to cover a single-story car park underneath the scheme. WWW.BOUGHTON.CO.UK
WILDFLOWER TURF Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool 5,000m² Wildflower Roof Turf
SKY GARDEN The Macallan Distillery 12,000m² Bespoke Sky Garden Wildflower Blanket Living Roof System The Macallan Distillery wanted an eye-catching roof that matched its brand qualities of craftsmanship and luxury. Sky Garden was selected by the landscape architects to assist with the design in 2014, and saw the project all the way through to its fulfilment. It is the largest known wildflower roof in Europe by some margin, and, given the challenging roof design, it required a great deal of innovation to successfully complete the project using Sky Garden’s Wildflower Blanket Living Roof System. WWW.SKY-GARDEN.CO.UK
The architects for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool incorporated green space into their building design, providing access to nature for children in poor health. Wildflower Turf Ltd grew and supplied 5,000m² of a bespoke Wildflower Roof Turf to cover the roof, working with accredited installer ABG Geo Synthetics. A key challenge was to successfully incorporate wildflowers onto both the flat and steeply curved areas of the building’s design. Developed to require minimal irrigation and maintenance, Wildflower Turf Roof Turf has delivered a guaranteed wildflower environment which has continued to thrive. WWW.WILDFLOWERTURF.CO.UK
GREEN-TECH Four Pancras Square, King’s Cross 136m3 Green-Tree Intensive Roof Garden Substrate Four Pancras Square is a grade A office building, north of King’s Cross railway station. Green-tech supplied Willerby Landscapes Ltd with Green-Tree Intensive Roof Garden Substrate for the rooftop planting scheme. Its lightweight texture and good waterretaining capacity ensures healthy plant establishment in harsh rooftop environments. Green-Tech also supplied gt Roofdrain, a lightweight, high-performance drainage layer that allows for the collection and storage of water. This aids moisture retention within the soils, and therefore assists with plant irrigation. WWW.GREEN-TECH.CO.UK
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