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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 [...]
Why Locally Made Matters (with Green Roofs)
I'm Doni Burton LiveRoof Business Development Manager – Today, I'd like to explain why LiveRoof focuses on Locally Made. LiveRoof started in West Michigan in 2006, with the goal of revolutionizing green roofs. We envisioned green roofs that were mature, beautiful, and fully functional on day one of [...]
NEW! LiveRoof AIA Approved Green Roof Course
LiveRoof now offers an AIA approved course, "Green Roof Best Practices and Common Mistakes to Avoid"! This course covers a range of topics, including: the benefits of green roofs, types of green roofs, green roof plants and accessories, and green roof design mistakes to avoid. The course is designed [...]
The Evolution of LiveRoof: Sedums
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 [...]

