Garden Room With Sedum Roof

Why add a sedum roof to your garden building.

Garden room with sedum roof.

Sedum roofs create a great habitat for mini beasts such as beetles and spiders they provide food for butterflies bees and seed eating birds and the spent flower stalks supply nesting material for our feathered friends. For garden offices or garden studios to be used throughout the year a green roof offers excellent insulation properties reducing the power required for heating and air conditioning. Now comes the growing medium which for a sedum roof should be at least 8cm 3in deep and for a roof of wildflowers herbs salad and strawberries at least 15cm 6in deep. A sedum roof is by far the most popular choice for an extensive green roof system that sky garden provides.

An all purpose soil less peat free potting mix is fine for growing herbs and other edibles but mix in plenty of perlite to both improve drainage and save on weight. Green roofs are increasing in popularity to the number of benefits they bring especially in city areas. It s very drought tolerant. With the increase in extreme weather patterns green.

An extensive green roof or sedum roof is a roof with vegetation that is more or less self perpetuating and that can further develop and maintain itself. A green roof also absorbs rainwater and importantly attracts beneficial garden wildlife such as butterfiles ladybirds bees. A green sedum roof will give great pleasure to watch as it grows and develops and is very long lasting when properly cared for. By choosing to have a sedum roof on the roof of your garden office or garden studio you are making a green and eco friendly choice.

Built to create a nurturing ambient space for a budding best selling author i situated and designed this garden room to make maximum use of the sunlight and take in the beautiful views of the garden. The original curve garden room. Sedum roofs are extremely attractive and give a very natural feel softening a garden structure which would otherwise look obviously man made and hard edged. With the shrinking habits of many of our native wildlife species.

Roughly speaking extensive green roofs have a substrate thickness of between 4 and 15 cm and a weight of 30 to 220 kilo per m2. The succulent sedum leaves absorb and store storm water run off efficiently. I finished off the room with a beautiful living sedum planted roof which incorporates a triple glazed glass. Sky garden s sedum blanket is a pre grown mat of mature sedum plants.

A green roof is infinitely more attractive than an expanse of epdm rubber. If you opt for solar panels to help reduce your energy bills then a living green roof will help mask and therefore improve the appearance of your garden room whilst also increasing the panels overall efficiency. A sedum roof on your garden room can become a microclimate for birds and insects minimising the impact of a new building on its environment. It can make a garden building into a feature or it can blend into its surroundings.