I blogged about the construction of our green roof leading up to the great mud-slinging event, but now the green roof is actually green and growing.
Through some contacts at the Minnesota Green Roofs Council (you can go see their “portable” green roof at the State Fair – it’s on a small trailer), I’d heard that [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Building a green roof – part 2
Posted in Green roof on August 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Land development code update
Posted in Land use, Policy problems on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lately, I’ve been attending many meetings about the land development code update – so many meetings, in fact, that blogging about land development is about the last thing I feel like doing when I get home (especially when my green roof project is much more fun). Just in case you haven’t read it yet, the [...]
Building a green roof
Posted in Land use, tagged Green roof on August 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last year, Peter Schmelzer of Vivus Architecture and Design, designed a wonderful addition for our 1915 Arts & Crafts bungalow. When he got the idea to put a flat roof on it, he said “What do you think about a green roof?” We said: “Cool!”
Despite being enthusiastic about having a green roof, we really had [...]
