Real. Beautiful. Roofs.
February 9, 2009
For anyone interested in pursuing a green roof, now may be the time. Soon there may be an additional financial incentive to install a green roof on your new or existing structure. This is on top of all the other wonderful benefits of a green roof.
[January 30, 2009] Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington State introduced the Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009 (S.320) legislation on Monday January 26 that, if adopted, would provide financial incentives for commercial and residential green roof installation. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the American Society of Landscape Architects worked together to help draft the section of the bill that is focused on the green roof incentive.
For more info see: American Society of Landscape Architects or Green Roofs for Healthy Cities or contact us at Phillips Garden
Design Project – St. Paul
August 28, 2008
This project just finished up about a week ago. It’s a beautiful home in St. Paul with a site design concentrating on creating outdoor spaces, organic-northwoods-aesthetic, and rainwater managment.
This backyard has two different gathering spaces; one a bluestone seat-wall set amidst pine trees and a shade garden heavy with fern, Solomon’s seal, goats beard etc. The second gathering space is a terraced patio system surrounded by rain garden that deals with the water coming from the roof as well as the ground-plain. We’re looking forward to seeing this space next year when the plants have begun to fill in.
