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Images courtesy K. Dakin Design
"It just made sense, this green roof. The clients did not want to stare out their
bedroom and bathroom windows onto a bare, roof membrane. Especially when
they are nature lovers and avid gardeners: this green roof just made sense."
Karla Dakin, Principal; K. Dakin Design
THE GREEN ROOF THAT JUST MADE SENSE
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his green roof just made sense. The clients
did not want to stare out their bedroom
and bathroom windows onto a bare, roof
membrane. Especially when they are nature
lovers and avid gardeners. To make their
dreams come true, the clients collaborated
closely with local professional green roof
experts to install a lush green roof atop their
detached garage. As a residential project, the
design process was a collaboration between
the landscape architect, the clients and the
green roof installer. The clients were very
involved in the process, attending to every
detail and selection.
The bio-diverse, selection of host species
for the roof, gleaned from years of studying
the flora in nearby foothills and prairies, was
repeated on the ground landscape, integrating
a top to bottom, holistic, design approach.
The green roof is primarily seen out the
bedroom and bathroom windows of the
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residents. Throughout the seasons, this prairie
landscape is the first and last view of the day.
There is access to maintain and hang out in
the green roof across a small roof straddling
the detached garage and the home.
Native plants, host plants, and biodiversity
were the conceptual drivers behind the landscape design of the yard, from the ground to
the roof. The biodiversity of the plant list calls
in as many birds, bees, butterflies, and insects
as possible as well as referencing the native
prairie plants of the Front Range of Colorado.
Many of the same species like Agastache, Aster,
and Echinacea are repeated on the ground
level gardens. This green roof is completely
organic and is maintained by the owner, an
avid gardener. Deadheading flowers is kept to
a minimum. Plants are allowed to repeat and
spread across the green roof. Some plants, like
cosmos have even made it up from the ground
level gardens.
CATEGORY
Small Scale Residential
PROJECT
Room For A View
LOCATION
Boulder, CO
AWARD WINNER
Green Roofs of Colorado
TEAM MEMBERS
Contractor/Installer
Green Roofs of Colorado
Landscape Architect
K. Dakin Design
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