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-Unusual picture showing living roofs on two sheds – one with flowering sedum, the other with grasses.+_Unusual picture showing living roofs on two sheds – one with flowering sedum, the other with grasses._
  
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-Waterproof layer with drainage hole.+_Waterproof layer with drainage hole._
  
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-Living roof on an open-air classroom, showing a large diversity of flowering plants.+_Living roof on an open-air classroom, showing a large diversity of flowering plants._
  
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-Giant living roof on Rolls Royce factory near Chichester.+_Giant living roof on Rolls Royce factory near Chichester._
  
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-Adding crushed substrate onto fleece, itself sitting upon a waterproof layer.+_Adding crushed substrate onto fleece, itself sitting upon a waterproof layer._
  
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-Even tiny sheds can have living roofs.+_Even tiny sheds can have living roofs._
  
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-Not a flower meadow, but a living roof 10 years after installation, during which time precisely nothing had been done to it; you can tell it’s a roof from the flue pipes.+_Not a flower meadow, but a living roof 10 years after installation, during which time precisely nothing had been done to it; you can tell it’s a roof from the flue pipes._
  
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-Planting up a green roof with various herbs and flowers.+_Planting up a green roof with various herbs and flowers._
  
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-Garden offices are perfect for living roofs.+_Garden offices are perfect for living roofs._
  
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 ## Further resources ## Further resources
  
 +- [European Federation of Green Roofs & Walls](https://efb-greenroof.eu/)
 +- [Green Infrastructure Foundation](https://greeninfrastructurefoundation.org/) - N America
 +- [Green Roof Centre](https://sheffield.ac.uk/architecture-landscape/research/landscape/ecology/green-roof) - UK National Centre of Excellence
 +- [Green Roofs](https://www.greenroofs.org/) - N American trade association
 +- [Green Roof Organisation](https://greenrooforganisation.org/) - promoting green roofs within the built environment
 +- [Green roof energy calculator](https://www.greenroofs.org/green-roof-energy-calculator)
 +- [Green roof training](https://greenrooftraining.com/)
 +- [Natural England](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/livingroofleaflet.pdf) - report on living roofs and biodiversity
 +- [Green roof construction - how-to guide](https://www.permagard.co.uk/advice/green-roof-construction)
  
-## Specialists+ 
 +## Specialist curators of this topic
  
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