How does a roof garden differ from a green roof?
On my way back from a walk along the Thames, I passed the Ethelred Estate which houses the Green Roof Project that is considered to be the largest at least in Dublin. Not long ago in one of the newspapers, I was reading about the start of similar green roof projects in Toxteth, Liverpool, when I saw an advert that caught my eye: “guide to buying dental practices”.
The reason the advert caught my eye is because the practice for sale belonged to my Dublin dentist that did my cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/articles/root-canal.html treatment and has maintained my dental implants. Fortunately, although the practice was sold, my dentist remained “employed” by the practice, so that worked out well for me. Besides the advert, I continued reading the article on Green Roof Projects and wondered what the difference was between a Green Roof and a Roof Garden.
My understanding is that although the Roof Garden is a garden on a roof designed for “recreational or entertainment purposes” as a way of nurturing the relationship between humans and nature which can be lost in urban settlements. In contrast, a Green Roof is designed for energy efficient reasons to improve insulation within buildings, and to reduce cooling and heating costs through increasing the efficiency.