A Living Roof
Tampa Bay Business Journal | November 2, 2007
It was a labor of love for the green at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, and not the paper kind.
Selby is a source of environmental education, so it was only natural that installing a green roof on the grounds would enhance seminars and workshops.
The 1,000-square-foot roof features native grasses, drought-resistant plants not native to Florida, succulents and groundcover, all donated from Florida nurseries from Apopka to Venice. It works to keep temperatures low and is effective for storm water mitigation because it slows water down and traps it, where plants and rocks clean it before it goes back into the water system.
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