Green roof systems

Harrowden advised and assisted in the design of the sedum extensive green roof for East Beach Cafe, Southend-on-Sea, and worked to provide the type of planting best suited to this environment, and the overall success of the project. The green roof was enhanced by adding additional wildflower plug plants

Little Jungle Nursery in SE London has strong environmental and ecological ideals and wished to bring plants, pollinators and other wildlife into its environment. A green roof was installed on a small storage shed at the front of the nursery that children could see from the window and could watch flowers develop and see insects at work

Harrowden Turf's Enviromat® sedum green roof kit has been used on a new rustic bunkhouse at the Perlethorpe Centre in Nottinghamshire. The Centre works closely with schools and groups, providing individually-tailored days for young people and adults to enjoy outdoor learning experiences. Programmes aim to enrich the curriculum and help learners

Canary Wharf Crossrail station opened in 2018 and is the largest, and probably busiest intersection point on the fast east / west Crossrail line. GreenBlue Urban provided various root welfare products for the station's rooftop garden, including StrataCell root reinforcement modules

Harrowden supplied its premium grade turf for the green roof on an extension to a 300-year-old windmill as part of a home renovation. A grass mound was excavated to make room for this semi-submerged extension with grass roof. Visually, the project has barely had an impact on the building yet the living space has more than doubled

Harrowden is working with Stanwick Lakes and the Rockingham Forest Trust to recreate an Iron Age roundhouse complete with sedum roof. Stanwick Lakes received a range of funding, not least from The Heritage Lottery, to support a number of projects exploring the history of the site and the surrounding valley. The roundhouses at Stanwick Lakes have

Enviromat sedum matting from Harrowden Turf was installed by a private client on the roof of their shepherd hut to create a living green roof

Lindum's Wildflower & Perennial Mat was chosen to disguise air-conditioning units on a felt roof and create a visually attractive wildflower meadow with ecological benefits. The feedback from the architect and the school

Having won eco-awards at local and national levels, Arden Grove Infant School in Hellesdon, commissioned an eco-building for its grounds. The cob roundhouse is used as an art studio and as a base for outside learning and showed that a building could be constructed completely with environmentally-friendly materials. The green roof was constructed using Wildflower & Perennial Mat

The Landhouse concept was designed by Mark Merer following a Land Art project in Seattle to develop a housing scheme in a rural area that blends into the landscape. A prototype of the concept has been constructed in Somerton. It uses modular buildings techniques to make it cost effective to develop. A green roof finish was chosen as an alternative