Green Roof Garden plants in waiting…
It’s finally going to happen! Check out the many varieties of plants that will soon be planted in the Green Roof Garden. They are patiently waiting in the shade of mature trees near the building until...
View ArticleSelecting and Evaluating Green Roof Garden Plants
How do you decide what to plant in a green roof bed? What will grow best? What will grow at all? We asked Richard Hawke, the Garden’s plant evaluation manager, about the plants they selected to...
View ArticleThe Green Roof Garden’s First Spring
Emily Shelton shows us around the North Green Roof Garden and explains why we think the plants survived the winter so well.
View ArticleGreen Roof Garden Update
Richard Hawke, plant evaluation manager, gives us an update on the Green Roof Garden one year after the opening of the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center. The Ellis Goodman...
View ArticleGreen Roof Garden Update
Plant Evaluation Manager Richard Hawke updates us on the growth of the Green Roof Garden September marked the second full year of the Green Roof Garden, so we want to update you on how it’s growing....
View ArticleThree Years of the Green Roof Garden…and Counting
It’s hard to believe that the Green Roof Garden has been in place for three full growing seasons already. Our horticultural and research staff is pleased to see how the green roof is growing and...
View ArticleElevating the Prairie
Early to mid-June is the greenest and lushest time in our experimental and ever-changing Green Roof Garden, one of the few rooftop landscapes in the area that invites the public in for a visit. Native...
View ArticlePlant Breeding Program Takes Perennials to New Heights
Interested in new perennials for your garden? How about ones that have proven to be exceptional—fragrant, colorful, drought tolerant, resistant to disease and pests, and hardy in the Midwest and...
View ArticleThe Sky’s the Limit
When the Green Roof Garden was first planted in 2009, everything we knew about long-term rooftop gardening was theoretical. Which plants would live more than one year on the roof? No one knew for sure....
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