{"id":989,"date":"2011-05-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/blog\/?p=989"},"modified":"2011-05-23T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T15:00:00","slug":"greening-a-roof-one-level-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2011\/05\/23\/greening-a-roof-one-level-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Greening a roof, one level at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-990\" title=\"Kelley planter boxes replanted\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2011\/05\/Kelley-now-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kelley planter boxes replanted\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> Plants growing on a building isn&#8217;t typically a desired outcome, but on 5\/17, students, staff and Horticulture faculty were encouraging just that in planter boxes atop the Kelley Engineering Center&#8217;s 3rd floor roof.\u00a0 Throughout the day they fixed irrigation lines, weeded, topped off soil and replanted the boxes with a mix of native and drought-tolerant grasses, sedums and other perennials.\u00a0 Stop by to take a look at their great handiwork from the west end of the 4th floor of Kelley.<\/p>\n<p>Later this year, it is expected that Kelley will have a 1,000 sq. ft. green roof installed in an area adjacent to the planters.\u00a0 Vegetating the roof increases building insulation, extends the life of the membrane, helps filter and retain stormwater, provides habitat, and improves the aesthetic of the space.<\/p>\n<p>The event was a collaboration of the <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/ssi\/\" target=\"_self\">Student Sustainability Initiative<\/a>, who provided funding for the plantings, the <a href=\"http:\/\/hort.oregonstate.edu\/\" target=\"_self\">Department of Horticulture<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_self\">OSU Sustainability Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plants growing on a building isn&#8217;t typically a desired outcome, but on 5\/17, students, staff and Horticulture faculty were encouraging just that in planter boxes atop the Kelley Engineering Center&#8217;s 3rd floor roof.\u00a0 Throughout the day they fixed irrigation lines, weeded, topped off soil and replanted the boxes with a mix of native and drought-tolerant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}