With the increased soil levels and intricate planting, natural gardens and parkland can be recreated on the rooftop level, meaning: Intensive green roofs offer considerable benefits to the urban landscape far and above anything a light sedum roof can offer. A cross section of the system layers is below:
Intensive green roofs tend to be areas where greater access and people traffic is envisaged. So long as the structure can support the weight, almost unlimited planting and landscaping can be achieved, including large shrubs, grassland, flowerbeds and even trees. Wallbarn supplies intensive green roof systems with soil substrates over 1 metre deep. Intensive green roofs consist of much deeper substrates which give far greater scope to design and grow more complicated and elaborate gardens onto concrete structures.
