Scandinavian Green Roofs

A resource that was emailed to me from the Scandinavian Green Roof site from the Augustenborg Botanical Roof Garden in Malmö, Sweden. From the site: "This is a place for beauty, inspiration, education and research. On top of industrial and office buildings belonging to City, there is a botanical garden in a place where you wouldn`t have thought there was room for a park! This unique botanical garden is 9500 m² big. It is situated on top of several buildings, joined by foot bridges."


:: overall site plan - image via greenroof.se

A short tour of some of the rooftops that appear at the site including artistic, extensive, and intensive roofs.










:: images via greenroof.se

One of my favorites is the ruderal (brownfield) garden, which offers a industrial variety akin to the brown roofs, featuring rubble and other urban detritus along with minimal plantings.




:: images via greenroof.se

An interesting section for sure is the detailed photos of plants from a number of the rooftops. There is also a good series of links, research, and other items that make the site worthy of exploration. Also check out information on the Scandinavian Green Roof Association (SGRA), an organization. "The objectives of the association are to promote an increased use of green roofs in Scandinavia, to provide evidence for the positive impact of green roofs on urban ecology, and to provide background material for legislation, building standards, instructions, loan regulations and state grants."