Mission
Our mission is to empower customers with systems, protocols and plants that make green roofs simple and lasting, accessible and serviceable.
We aim to be knowledgeable, innovative and uncommonly helpful as we foster a greener world.
Vision
Our vision is to restore the balance between green space (plants) and hard space (concrete, asphalt and rubber).
We aim to create a more hospitable planet by proclaiming the benefits of plants and helping our clients to successfully install and cultivate them (on rooftops).
Method
LiveRoof provides natural function, as it unites the soil across a monolithic continuum. This allows for equal distribution of moisture, fertility, and beneficial organisms, and is the key to long term function of the green roof system.
Modules are subterranean, supporting natural beauty with a meadow-like aesthetic.
Hybrid Green Roof System
Our patented hybrid green roof design combines the best features of alternate green roof methods:
LiveRoof offers the Natural Function and Natural Beauty of built-in-place living roofs—without with extensive ongoing costs of maturation.
LiveRoof offers the convenience of delivery and speed of installation of green roof modules—without grid lines or compartmentalization of soil.
LiveRoof also provides the pre-vegetation of carpet or mat systems—with a broader plant palette and without the need for excessive watering and maintenance required for establishment.
Locally Made, Grown & Supported
LiveRoof plastic modules, concrete pavers, aluminum edging, and other accessories are manufactured in the United States. LiveRoof brand engineered green roof soils are blended by local soil formulators and planted by local Licensed Growers in the USA and Canada.
RoofTop Proven™
We breed and select the most outstanding plants, and subject them to rigorous rooftop trials and broadscale hardiness testing. We proudly offer dozens of exclusive, RoofTop Proven™ plant selections specifically developed for performance on green roofs.
Time-Saving Design Tools
To support design professionals, we maintain an architecture and engineering section on this website, as well as a printed Idea Guide & Designer’s Checklist. These resources are kept current with the knowledge we have obtained through our supply of thousands of green roofs totaling millions of square feet.
What’s New at LiveRoof?
New RoofTop Sculpture Garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens Now Open
Frederik Meijer Gardens opens the Stuart and Barbara Padnos RoofTop Sculpture Garden This morning, West Michigan's 13 ON YOUR SIDE Morning Show broadcast live from the new rooftop sculpture garden at [...]
How to Implement Instant Lightweight “Intensive” Green Roofs
Combining the LiveRoof extensive green roof system with specimen trees and shrubs may present an attractive alternative to traditional intensive green roofs, reducing weight load and both installation and maintenance costs. Green roofs for [...]
LiveRoof Introduces PipeRunner
A study by Michigan State University confirmed overhead spray irrigation as the most water-efficient method of watering green roof substrates. When compared to drip and subsurface irrigation systems, the overhead spray method fully saturated [...]
Featured Projects
LiveRoof is brought to you by the same team as these leading brands:
LiveWall empowers its customers with green wall structures, protocols and plants that make living walls simple and lasting.
LiveWall sells its systems directly to owners or contractors for use on buildings around the world.
Hortech, Inc. is Michigan’s leading wholesale supplier of responsibly-grown ground covers, ferns, climbing vines and ornamental grasses.
Find Grown Earth Friendly Plants® at independent garden centers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
We are always looking for great team members! LiveRoof is based in Nunica, Michigan. Click to see open positions with LiveRoof, LiveWall, and Hortech companies.