Ecoroofs + Habitat
I was pleased to see the wonderful follow-up coverage of the Ecoroofs 2010 tour by Linda Velasquez on Sky Gardens, her companion blog to the densely informative Greenroofs.com website.
Linda was kind enough to give a shout-out to TERRA.fluxus, mentioning some of my previous work on area ecoroofs – including the Multnomah County Building (Amy Joslin Ecoroof) seen below – that I was fortunate enough to work on while at Macdonald Environmental Planning (seen in full bloom below). This roof is also the location of the Hope Garden – a transformation of a portion of rooftop planter for urban agriculture implemented in 2009 and continued in 2010.
While not exclusively designed for habitat, I’ll posit that the Multnomah County Roof is still one of the better examples of diversity for local rooftop habitat solutions in our region, through incorporation of a diverse range of plantings, large area, places of refuge, and a specifically broad and non-monocultural species composition that provides benefits for pollinators, birds, and other species.
On that note, for those in the area, don’t miss Dusty Gedge as he discussed habitat on rooftops tomorrow (March 30th). Details below.
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Dusty Gedge–World Renowned Expert on Creating Habitat on Urban Rooftops
Come learn how we can turn the rooftops of our city into wildlife habitat. Dusty Gedge is the founder of www.livingroofs.org and president of the European Green Roof Association. He is a recognized worldwide authority on building green roofs to promote biodiversity. He is co author of ‘Building Greener’ the first comprehensive guidance on green roofs and green walls in the UK, soon to be published by the Construction Information and Research Association [www.ciria.org.uk] He is a consultant for the green roof consultancy [www.greenroofconsultancy.com] and a professional naturalist/ecologist/ornithologist specializing in brownfields. He has been published in scientific journals at both a national and international level. Dusty’s talk will focus on how we can convert our rooftops, big and small, into living landscapes.
Cost: $8 for members of Audubon Society of Portland, Oregon Zoo, World Forestry Center, students, and seniors; $10 for all others.
Location: Oregon Zoo
Time: 7pm
For more information, go to www.oregonzoo.org/Education/adults/adults_lecture.htm