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Green roof installation on a bus shelter in Ponsonby

Green roof installation on a bus shelter in Ponsonby For this green roof project in Ponsonby, the Greenroofs team proudly worked in conjunction with OohMedia. We placed pregrown Sempergreen trays on a bus shelter in Ponsonby 2 days before Christmas.   Location: Ponsonby, New Zealand Client: OohMedia Development Type: Bus Shelter Completion: December 2022

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Waihi Beach Green Roof

Green roof installed over a garage at Waihi Beach For this project, we were commissioned by Outer Spaces Landscaping to install a semi-extensive green roof consisting of mainly New Zealand native plants to their own design. This 80m² living roof was installed over a garage at Waihi Beach. The architect was John Monroe of DRS…

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Green roof on Waiheke Island

Green roof installation for a New House on Waiheke Island Greenroofs was commissioned by Biggs Construction to supply and install a green roof on a new house (160m²) at Church Bay Road (overlooking Blackpool beach) on Waiheke Island. The architects were Bossley Architects. The roof waterproofing was a torch-on membrane by Nuralite. These photos were…

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Green roof in Mount Eden

Mount Eden house extension

Mount Eden house extension, Auckland Concrete roof and weight was no issue so growing media up to 450mm depth to enable well established large native and exotic plant species. Extra root barrier was installed so that the wpm could be warranted up to 40 years. 40m³ of specially formulated growing media was pumped/blown in. Location:…

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newly planted green roof at the College of Creative Arts

College of Creative Arts

College of Creative Arts, Massey University, New Zealand Lightweight extensive green roof – 255 sq metres extensive green roof comprising 8 species of sedums and succulents randomly plug planted at 25 plants per square metre. Pebble margins and automatic dripline irrigation. More than 90% coverage was achieved within 3 months. Looked down on from other…

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Beautiful green roof on Beach sleep-out

Bach sleepout

Bach sleepout – Bay of Islands, New Zealand Approx 70m2. Bach sleepout built into the side of a hill and designed to blend in with the landscape. 300mm deep growing medium allowing for a large range of salt tolerant, local native plants, bushes and small trees. Location: Rawhiti, Bay of Islands, NZ Architect: Peter Mitchell,…

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Distant view of the new green roof - Remarkables School

Remarkables Primary School

Remarkables Primary School, Queenstown, New Zealand The Remarkables Primary School is the first school in New Zealand to have a green roof. A need for greater learning space plus a desire to ‘blend’ the school into the landscape were the driving forces for this school’s green roof. The green roof is situated alongside a boardwalk…

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View of Auckland city from the green roof on the NZI Building

NZI Building

NZI Building, Auckland New Zealand A large part of the award-winning NZI building, this green roof has been instrumental in helping this building achieve its 5 star Green Star NZ rating for its green building design from the NZGBC. The green roof, which was planted in May 2009, is made up of a variety of…

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