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MGANM Project: Green Roof Demonstration Garden
Green Roof Shed at GTCD/BRNC, fall 2015
Smile Tim!
We found a water runoff pipe coming from the rain gardens. No fear-Tim knew exactly how to work around it
Jon (The Concrete Service Inc) gets ready to start our pour
Tim instructs Judy and Whitney how to screed the concrete. It's heavy!
Reb (Grand Traverse Conservation District) was asked to take pictures...HA!
Tim pulls the concrete as Judy and Whitney screed
Jon has mercy on us and decides to lend a hand
NMC is ready to build! Day 1, 9/9/15
Instructor Devin Hill (left) and the NMC Construction Class students who diligently built our shed
Devin Hill gives instructions to the class: Day1. 9/9/15
NMC's Construction Technology banner 9/9/15
NMC Construction Technology students learning skills and team work 9/22/15
cutting plywood for the exterior of the shed 9/22/15
erecting the rafters, week 2. 9/16/15
two walls have been erected! 9/13/15
Erecting the rafters, week 2. 9/16/15
Devin Hill, class instructor, getting in on the action. week 2, 9/16/15
Using a .27 caliber concrete nailer to secure the structure to the concrete, week 2. 9/16/15
putting in blocking 9/22/15
lots of students! 9/22/15
securing the first plywood 9/22/15
working on the rafters 9/22/15
Our up-and-coming green roof as of 9/23/15
9/23/15
Tyvek donated materials for this project for the NMC students. This is the Tyvek representative teaching the students about the product.
Working in the dark, 9/23/15
Working in the dark, 9/23/15
NMC Students working on cedar trim 10/7/15
NMC Students working on cedar trim 10/13/15
10/10/15
9/25/15
Tyvek housewrap is finished 9/25/15
putting up the cedar trim 10/13/15
Working on roof edging 10/7/15
Working on roof edging 10/7/15
Trimming out the edges 10/13/15
The roof is beginning to look like a planter box. 10/10/15
Nate (Inhabitect LLC) delivers 2,200 pounds of growing media 10/13/15
A worker cutting open the smaller bag of growing media 10/13/15
Nathan (Inhabitect LLC) delivering our first bag of growing media 10/13/15
Installing the waterproofing 10/15/15
Waterproofing is done 10/15/15
She's ready for the rest of the roof! 10/15/15
MGs Peg Burman and Whitney Miller promote our green roof during Apple Harvest Day 10/17/15
MGs Peg Burman and Whitney Miller promote our green roof during Apple Harvest Day 10/17/15
MG Trainees Jamie Gothard and Mo Stych shoveling 1.0 cubic yards of growing media 10/18/15
I think we found the limits of Whitney's truck 🙂 10/18/15
Starting our day with talks about our choice to use native plants from MG Whitney Miller 10/18/15
Listening to Nate (who is up on the roof) talk about benefits of green roofs as well as the technology of how they work
Putting in the plastic barrier for our green roof, 10/18/15
Photo by Debbie Graffius
photo by Debbie Graffius
Nathan and volunteers setting the "egg crate" (GR30) layer 10/18/15
photo by Debbie Graffius
Filling the buckets with growing media 10/18/15
What team work! 10/18/15
Starting our "bucket brigade" to get the growing media up to the roof
With all the help, we moved approximately 3.5 cubic yards of growing media in about 30 minutes!
We have the best volunteers-not all are Master Gardeners! Approximately 3.5 cubic yards of growing media in about 30 minutes 10/18/15
Buckets, buckets, and more buckets! approximately 3.5 cubic yards of growing media was put on the roof in about 30 minutes
The white fabric is a filter that helps hold the micronutrients inside the roof rather than allowing them to wash out. 10/18/15
photo by Debbie Graffius
photo by Debbie Graffius
The plants are ready to go in, and we finally thought to get a group photo 10/18/15
Installing the plants and gettin dirty! MGs Rebecca Carmien and Judy Reich 10/15/18
Installing nothing but natives and using stakes to mark out a few pathways for now. The roof will be filled in completely next year when we have more plants
Look what we found hidden in our transplants 10/18/15
Installing nothing but natives and using stakes to mark out a few pathways for now. The roof will be filled in completely next year when we have more plants 10/18/15
Installing nothing but natives and using stakes to mark out a few pathways for now. The roof will be filled in completely next year when we have more plants
Drainage ports, which will be faced with cedar
The finished masterpiece! 10/18/15
Terry Harding's support got this project in motion
Our sponsors made this project possible!
Geum triflorum 'Prairie Smoke' has fully opened by June 2016
Lupinus perennis 'Wild Lupine', blooming early June 2016
Aquilegia canadensis 'Wild Columbine' has just finished blooming. June 2016
Photo by Bob Grzesiak
Photo by Bob Grzesiak
All native green roof located at the Boardman River Nature Center. Photo by Bob Grzesiak
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