Living roof overrun by weeds
Without a regular maintenance regime green roofs will quickly become overrun by weeds… even at this altitude. This was scene, before the P&P maintenance team got to work.
Restoration and maintenance, 12, 13, 14 and 15 floors, New Street Square
- Pritchard & Pritchard’s maintenance team were tasked with reviving the four roofs at 12, 13, 14 and 15 floors, New Street Square.
- At the start of the contract all four roofs, covering a total area of 200m2, were in poor health, some overrun weeds, others had lost a lot of plants to drought.
- Three green roofs needed a complete replanting, following a planting design by ANS Global.
- The forth, a brown roof, was taken back to basics and allowed to recolonise with local non-invasive species, under supervision of the maintenance team.
- Replanting and restoration work was completed in 2019.
- The P&P maintenance team now visit monthly to check and tend to the four roofs.
Living roof replanting in progress
This roof required a full replanting. The P&P maintenance crew are fully trained and accustomed to work safely at these heights.
Intensive (mixed planting) roof after restoration
After restoration, this roof of mixed herbs – sage, rosemary, tyme, lavender etc. – looks and smells fantastic. With regular maintenace visits from P&P, it will stay that way.
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