praying for rain

 

look at the drought carnage:

Wish I knew what this guy is eating:

umbc roof cont'd

Thanks to Citiroof, another fine greenroof got installed this week on the new Patapsco residence Hall addition. With the generous support of UMBC officials, the installation of monitoring equipment will soon follow (will post more about this in the future).  The previous post details the earlier stages of the installation.  Here below you can see the roof before and during planting as well as during and after watering. 

umbc greenroof!

the arrival and distribution of the substrate:

     
This photo (left) shows the tpo layer (extra thick!) and the tpo slip sheet and the materials arriving.












it all started with
the arrival of the crane:

in full swing

lots of color and flowering.  Can't believe the Sedum album are flowering even though they are still red.

roots sampled May 20

Three step process demonstrated by Kelsey Farrish (thanks Kelsey!!!)

First select a random spot to sample: 

next, insert sampling device (go Orioles!)

remove sample, repeat (and repeat and repeat):

sedum species

Plants from Emory Knoll Farms, photo credit: Jonathan Moore

interesting roofs in the greater DC metro area

 Kudos to the DC nationals for having a greenroof
on their stadium (see right)!





and to this elementary school in Rockville (below).
This is a living roof installation.  Note how the
modules are covered when the white slips around
the edges are removed.