DIY Green Roofs and Walls
Green roofs and wall not only look great, they provide extra growing space for your garden, insluate the buildings they cover, ease rain water run-off and provide extra natural habit for animals and plants.
The UK’s foremost experts in design and construction of living roofs and walls are joining together to teach a fully comprehensive course at Schumacher College this November.
Dusty Gedge (President of the European Federation of Green Roof Associations),
Gary Grant (Chartered Environmentalist and Ecologist with 30 years’ experience) and
John Little (Founder of the Grass Roof Company).
This course looks at living roofs and walls from a macro and a micro perspective, and the role that they can play in meeting the challenges of climate change mitigation, resource depletion and habitat loss.
Participants will develop an in-depth understanding of their design, specification and construction, benefits and challenges, and how they relate to planning for the future.
The course also introduces the concept of ecosystem services for design, how this relates to water catchment management and drainage, ecological networks, green infrastructure planning and the importance of multi-functional environmental design. The course covers the history and design of living roofs and walls, and the creation of locally appropriate wildlife habitats including local ecologies.
By the end of the course participants will have sound knowledge of the benefits and challenges of green roofs and walls, ideas for effective design, and the practical skills necessary to construct them. This course is organised in association with RESET, and will be certificated to count towards your CPD.
See article from the Guardian this week:
Schumacher College, Dartington is an active member of Ethical Junction, learn more
Tags: biodiversity, living roofs, training