Awards

• Short-listed for Garden Media Guild Book Award: Reference Book of the Year 2011
• Shortlisted for Garden Media Guild Book Award: Reference Book of the Year 2011.

Overview

Until now, the green roof movement has been limited to large-scale, professional endeavours and public buildings. But homeowners everywhere are catching onto the benefits of a green roof - water conservation, energy savings, and storm water management. In Small Green Roofs authors Dunnett, Gedge, Little, and Snodgrass profile ordinary homeowners who scaled green roofs down to the domestic level. Small Green Roofs is the first book to focus on small-scale and domestic green roofs. More than forty profiles of small and domestic-scale projects of all shapes and sizes include green roofs on sheds, garden offices, studios, garages, houses, bicycle sheds, and other small structures, as well as several community projects. For each project, details are given for design, construction, and installation, as well as how-to tips on how the roof was planted and cared for. For readers looking for inspiration when hiring a contractor or taking the adventurous step of building their own, Small Green Roofs provides the knowledge and encouragement to make it possible.

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Small Green Roofs is a valuable source book for information on the nuts and bolts of designing and planting a living roof, as well as an inspirational resource for ideas. --Catriona Tudor Erler Smith Mountain Laker Magazine The photographs are more than excellent. Installation instructions and planting designs are appealing enough to inspire all of us gardeners. --Camilla Clocker Washington Gardener This lavishly illustrated book reviews the basics of design and installation. For homeowners, landscape architects, and engineers, this is a great overview of projects that won't break the bank.--Catriona Tudor Erler Living Architecture Monitor The emphasis on smaller and local is easy to understand.--Camilla Clocker E-The Environmental Magazine . ..a real trailblazer...the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs...a balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. .. .a real trailblazer...the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs...a balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. a real trailblazer...the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs a balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. Bountifully illustrated and brimming with stimulating information and ideas. Highly recommended for gardeners and environmentalists and anyone interested in greening up. --Library Journal This lavishly illustrated book reviews the basics of design and installation. For homeowners, landscape architects, and engineers, this is a great overview of projects that won't break the bank. --Publishers Weekly A real trailblazer. . . . the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs. . . . A balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. --American Horticultural Society The photographs are more than excellent. Installation instructions and planting designs are appealing enough to inspire all of us gardeners. --Washington Gardener A valuable source book for information on the nuts and bolts of designing and planting a living roof, as well as an inspirational resource for ideas. --Smith Mountain Laker Humble, yet inspirational projects. --Landscape Architecture Will spark one's imagination. . . . Recommended. --Choice Full of pictures and easy to read. --Environmental Magazine The emphasis on smaller and local is easy to understand. --Living Architecture Monitor Bountifully illustrated and brimming with stimulating information and ideas. Highly recommended for gardeners and environmentalists and anyone interested in greening up. Library Journal This lavishly illustrated book reviews the basics of design and installation. For homeowners, landscape architects, and engineers, this is a great overview of projects that won t break the bank. Publishers Weekly A real trailblazer. . . . the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs. . . . A balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. American Horticultural Society The photographs are more than excellent. Installation instructions and planting designs are appealing enough to inspire all of us gardeners. Washington Gardener A valuable source book for information on the nuts and bolts of designing and planting a living roof, as well as an inspirational resource for ideas. Smith Mountain Laker Humble, yet inspirational projects. Landscape Architecture Will spark one s imagination. . . . Recommended. Choice Full of pictures and easy to read. Environmental Magazine The emphasis on smaller and local is easy to understand. Living Architecture Monitor

.. .a real trailblazer...the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs...a balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information.

Bountifully illustrated and brimming with stimulating information and ideas. Highly recommended for gardeners and environmentalists and anyone interested in greening up.--Donna L. Davey Library Journal

Small Green Roofs is a valuable source book for information on the nuts and bolts of designing and planting a living roof, as well as an inspirational resource for ideas. --Catriona Tudor Erler Smith Mountain Laker Magazine The photographs are more than excellent. Installation instructions and planting designs are appealing enough to inspire all of us gardeners. --Camilla Clocker Washington Gardener This lavishly illustrated book reviews the basics of design and installation. For homeowners, landscape architects, and engineers, this is a great overview of projects that won't break the bank.--Catriona Tudor Erler Living Architecture Monitor The emphasis on smaller and local is easy to understand.--Camilla Clocker E-The Environmental Magazine . ..a real trailblazer...the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs...a balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. .. .a real trailblazer...the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs...a balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. a real trailblazer...the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs a balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. Bountifully illustrated and brimming with stimulating information and ideas. Highly recommended for gardeners and environmentalists and anyone interested in greening up. --Library Journal This lavishly illustrated book reviews the basics of design and installation. For homeowners, landscape architects, and engineers, this is a great overview of projects that won't break the bank. --Publishers Weekly A real trailblazer. . . . the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs. . . . A balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. --American Horticultural Society The photographs are more than excellent. Installation instructions and planting designs are appealing enough to inspire all of us gardeners. --Washington Gardener A valuable source book for information on the nuts and bolts of designing and planting a living roof, as well as an inspirational resource for ideas. --Smith Mountain Laker Humble, yet inspirational projects. --Landscape Architecture Will spark one's imagination. . . . Recommended. --Choice Full of pictures and easy to read. --Environmental Magazine The emphasis on smaller and local is easy to understand. --Living Architecture Monitor Bountifully illustrated and brimming with stimulating information and ideas. Highly recommended for gardeners and environmentalists and anyone interested in greening up. Library Journal This lavishly illustrated book reviews the basics of design and installation. For homeowners, landscape architects, and engineers, this is a great overview of projects that won t break the bank. Publishers Weekly A real trailblazer. . . . the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs. . . . A balance of functional how-to with inspirational ideas and solid horticultural information. American Horticultural Society The photographs are more than excellent. Installation instructions and planting designs are appealing enough to inspire all of us gardeners. Washington Gardener A valuable source book for information on the nuts and bolts of designing and planting a living roof, as well as an inspirational resource for ideas. Smith Mountain Laker Humble, yet inspirational projects. Landscape Architecture Will spark one s imagination. . . . Recommended. Choice Full of pictures and easy to read. Environmental Magazine The emphasis on smaller and local is easy to understand. Living Architecture Monitor

Author Information

"Nigel Dunnett is a leading authority on green roofs and an active campaigner with an international profile. He travels regularly to speak and attend conferences in both Europe and the USA. Dusty Gedge is a green roof campaigner and founder of livingroofs.org, which is the UK's only independent green roofs association that promotes vegetated roof structuresA"" in urban and rural areas. He speaks regularly at conferences and meetings on green roof topics and runs workshops that teach amateurs how to make green roofs. John Little is Director of The Grass Roof Company in the UK. He has developed a national reputation for his innovative green-roofed small buildings for schools, gardens and community use. Edmund C. Snodgrass is the owner of Emory Knoll Farms, the largest supplier of green roof plants in the United States. He is also a coauthor of Green Roof Plants and The Green Roof Manual. He regularly speaks at conferences and meetings across the U.S. on green roof topics."

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