Thank You for Subscribing to Updates from LiveRoof!
Read on for recent updates from LiveRoof…
Why Do a Green Roof? 121 East Jackson, Knoxville, TN – Project Showcase – Horizon Roofscapes
121 East Jackson This month, we're excited to highlight a project in Tennessee that showcases unique and tangible employee benefits. Installed in the fall of 2023, this project is remarkable for the extensive coordination between waterproofing, pedestal pavers, and the LiveRoof® system. The general contractor for this project was [...]
Why Do a Green Roof? Project Feature – Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science & Technology, Allentown, PA – Riverbend Greenroofs
The Da Vinci Discovery Center Project This month we're spotlighting the Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science & Technology, located at 815 Hamilton St. in Allentown, PA. Da Vinci is an educational institution dedicated to STEM. This project, encompassing 10,568 square feet, was completed in April 2024 and [...]
Why Do a Green Roof? Project Feature – Davis Street & Broadway Apartments, San Francisco, CA – Florasource, Ltd
This month we’re featuring an exciting 2-buillding project from San Francisco by Florasource, Ltd., and its co-owner Tom Hawkins. This project has an interesting Why, or in this case series of Whys. In the bustling Embarcadero district of San Francisco, two adjacent apartment building developments include remarkable roof-greening [...]
Why Do a Green Roof? Project Feature – Three Kings Water Treatment Plant, Park City, Utah – Intermountain Roofscape Supply
This month we’re featuring Intermountain Roofscape Supply. Charissa Wagner, owner of Intermountain Roofscape Supply, is a trailblazer in the field of green roofs. Perhaps not unlike earlier settlers of the Mountain States, Charissa radiates self-sufficiency, resiliency and fortitude and embraces the climatic extremes of the region. She is confident, [...]
Why Do a Green Roof? Alberta Canada, Project Showcase – EcoLogic Horticulture
Last year LiveRoof Global ran a series of articles on the topic of Biodiverse Green Roofs-a Current Trend. We kicked it off with a general discussion of biodiverse green roofs, then featured an actual project from each of our licensed growers, one per month. Feedback was positive, so we [...]
Why do a Green Roof? The Surprising Benefits of Green Roofs
17 years ago, LiveRoof, LLC. (liveroof.com) developed the LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System: the only green roof solution installed with fully mature plants thriving in a healthy, connected ecosystem from day one of installation. LiveRoof projects often become signature elements on commercial, public, university and school buildings all over [...]
LiveRoof Receives GRHC Corporate Member Legacy Award
Laguna Beach Meadow Theme Roof Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is pleased to present the GRHC Corporate Member Legacy Award to LiveRoof Global, as part of the 2023 Jeffrey L. Bruce Awards of Excellence Awards Program. This award is presented to LiveRoof Global in recognition of their [...]
The Birth of LiveRoof® and Its Ongoing Path of Innovation
Like other green roof companies, LiveRoof Global has a story of conception and evolution; and for us it began with my interest in low maintenance ground covers. During my “writing years” I wrote four books on the subject and my Michigan-based perennial plant business, Hortech, Inc., grew sedums (and [...]
LiveRoof Celebrates Grasses
16 years ago, LiveRoof, LLC. (liveroof.com) developed the LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System: the only green roof solution installed with fully mature plants thriving in a healthy, connected ecosystem from day one of installation. LiveRoof’s natural function and natural beauty offer exceptional performance, require very low maintenance and have [...]
LiveRoof Celebrates Biodiversity
On a green roof we look at the plant mixes that enhance the opportunities for ecosystems, species and genetic diversity to thrive so that we are considering the diversity of species living in the area and the relationships the species have with each other. By doing so, we engage [...]
Grey to Green Grand Rapids
The Grey to Green conference is only a week away! Join us for two days of nursery tours, sessions, and a reception, on August 9th and 10th. Green infrastructure is changing lives and communities, globally and in west Michigan. Green infrastructure contributes to social equity [...]
The Evolution of LiveRoof: Forbs
LiveRoof, LLC is a West Michigan Company that developed the LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System: the only green roof solution installed with fully mature plants thriving in a healthy, connected ecosystem from day one of installation. LiveRoof’s natural function and natural beauty offer exceptional performance, require very low maintenance [...]