Bookmark: GreenGrid Rooftop Garden System
Sunday, December 10th, 2006
This is a bookmark I really drug out deep from inside my browser. The website is for a modular roof garden system created by two companies - neither of which tell you much about themselves on their websites except for all the things they are “dedicated” to. From contact information, it appears they are based in Pennsylvania. I couldn’t tell you what I was doing when I found this website, which is really is one of the beautiful things about the Internet.
I think that the idea of having a roof top garden is a fantastic one. Living in Honolulu, where space is so precious, I am surprised not to see more of these. Browsing through some of the projects that have used this system, it strikes me that so many of the installations are ONLY for energy savings or storm water management. Quite a few are ONLY for aesthetics from office windows. It is great that having plants on a building infer such great economic benefits that it is done only for these reasons.
Yet, as much as this seems all good and well, the roof should be a place for people too! (more…)
