To celebrate World Green Roof Day, we’ve chosen a selection of some of the best green roof images from around the UK and the Globe.
Send us your project images and we’ll feature some of the most interesting on this page.
The Forge, London – Radmat
AJ Specification Award Winner for Roofing & Drainage, comprising multiple Blue & Green Roofs.
Peacehaven – Frosts Landcape
Peacehaven is the largest grass roof of its kind in Britain sited near Brighton. The green roof project for Southern Water at its Waste Water Treatment Works is also probably one of the largest green roofs installed in Europe with a 200mm depth of substrate.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – GRO Members
The team worked together to install green roofs on 20 play structures at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to encourage people, after a year spent largely indoors, to reconnect with the incredible nature that surrounds them
IKEA Greenwich – Bridgman & Bridgman
A BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ Building with large rooftop garden and pavilion. Areas for wildlife, nature, rest, relaxation, stunning city views and rooftop farming.
Skelton Lake Motorway Services – Cawston Specialist Roofing & ABG Ltd
Winner of thr NFRC Green Roofing Award 2021, the building is crowned with a living green roof, planted with native meadow species, which connects the facility to the local landscape.
Olympic Village – Radmat
As part of the regeneration programme within the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Olympic Village (now known as the multiple award-winning East Village), Extensive living green roofs were installed on much of the apartments, to provide a low maintenance and self-sustaining plant community. .
