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No grounds for gardening 10:07am on 21 Mar 2009 What unbelievable timing! I had been losing a battle with my husband to let me start a small business in this field (wall or roof!). I had already done all the 'ground work' last year as part of a Masters study with the Open University and now needed his support. Now he can see that it is not unconventional, that there is a market, and that my planned book isn't such a waste of time either. There is a great deal of information out there - if you're interested further, Patrick Blanc has a website - http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/; Nigel Dunnett & Noel Kingsbury, have written a brilliant introductory book, Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls - see Amazon for more books; livingroofs.org is the website of a real proponent, Dusty Gedge, and there are many interesting links. There are lots of videos on You Tube - search Green Roofs, nearly all US, but many are very informative. The Green Roofs Congress is on in May in Germany, really for professionals - just wish I had the money as I'd be there like a shot. Germany is one of the world's strongest advocates and has thousands of installed green roofs - but they're not easy to find out about in my experience.
And, if you want to go lower tech than the balcony home-made 'plant-case' on the programme try using household waste - plastic milk bottles glued together, tops cut off, filling with compost, putting plants in, fixing in a frame such as a wooden crate and then fixing to the wall - you do need to water this though, or use drought resistant plants!

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