As of March 2023, Roof Top Sedums LLC., will become LiveRoof Midwest. Founded in 2007 by sisters Roxanne Nagel and Teresa Nelson, they service Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and portions of Illinois and Wisconsin. LiveRoof Midwest is based in Davenport, Iowa. What makes LiveRoof Midwest stand out among the rest? From Teresa’s viewpoint: “We are competitive within our region because of our ability to do custom growing, which means we can provide elaborately patterned roofs that thrive under extreme rooftop conditions. By utilizing our plant expertise to choose the right plants for each s ..read more

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 and have a predictable cost. LiveRoof projects often become signature elements on commercial, public, university and school buildings all over the US and Canada. I am Doni Burton, Business Development Specialist for LiveRoof Global, LLC. It is my privilege ..read more

British Columbia has a new green roof expert! Licensed LiveRoof grower NATS wholesale nursery in Langley, British Columbia has a new accredited green roofing professional! Recently Dean Villaceran, the LiveRoof sales representative for NATS, received his Green Roof Professional (GRP) accreditation from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. For those unfamiliar, GRP accreditation is a measure of specific knowledge regarding green roof design, project management, installation and maintenance. Passing the exam indicates a demonstrated expertise in current green roof best practices, and represe ..read more

A story of revitalization and the potential for great new things in the Philadelphia Navy Yard In the South Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, PA there is a new and exciting development occurring in the Navy Ship Yard. The whole area is being revitalized into a new and improved district, with the latest addition known as 2500 League Island Boulevard. According to Gattuso development team, the Philadelphia Navy Yard revitalization is considered to be one of the most successful redevelopments of a prior military base in the United States. On at least one of these buildings, an expansive ..read more

In their May 2022 issue, Irrigation Leader Magazine featured our very own John Scholten, product specialist at LiveRoof, in a featured interview discussing our green roofing products. The interview included discussions about LiveRoof’s RoofBlue® RETAIN™ system, how to create desirable green spaces, and even tips on growing rooftop vegetables! An excerpt of the article is below: Irrigation Leader: What kind of plants can be grown on green roofs? John Scholten: When we first started out, we were growing predominantly sedums in our standard tray, which is a 4¼‑inch-deep system. A 4‑inch syste ..read more

Have you ever looked down on a green roof and seen something more than just the lush carpet of plants? Perhaps there was an artistic vision of some kind? Even a picture or logo? These striking and unusual rooftops are becoming more popular as the artistic boundaries of the built environment are beginning to be explored. For those unaware, green roofs are exactly as they sound—vegetated or planted rooftops. Some green roofs are planted in such a way as to be visible to onlookers: on a terrace, upon a lower rooftop, or even a slanted rooftop visible from the ground. There can even be green ..read more

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities has released their Winter 2022 Living Architecture Monitor (LAM) issue, and it is full of excellent articles (click HERE to read)! This issue prioritized innovation, with articles on the role of audio in biophilic design, planting native shrubs, and green roof photovoltaics. And, we are delighted to have a featured article on LiveRoof’s RoofBlue RETAIN research study (click HERE to read)! Living Architecture Monitor is a publication by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities with a mission to “Increase awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of ..read more

LiveRoof Offers Green Roof Design Course on AEC Daily! If you’re interested in learning more about green roofs and their design, you will benefit from “Green Roof Design Considerations” for 1.25 credits. This course is engaging and easy to follow. It can be taken at your own pace, at a time convenient to you, and usually takes about an hour to complete. Green Roof Design Considerations covers the basics of green roof methods, design, engineering, specification and installation. It is well illustrated with many examples from LiveRoof projects (demonstrating the LiveRoof hybrid modular syste ..read more

Please join us in welcoming Rad Mac Enterprises from Cypress, TX! Business partners Chad McMahon and Steve Rademacher braved the cold Michigan winter to come and visit LiveRoof LLC. in Nunica, MI. They will replace David Scott and become the new grower for the TX, OK, NM, AR, and LA region, doing business locally as LiveRoof Texas. Chad brings 30 years of landscaping and maintenance experience working for his mother on their family-owned nursery (Hou-Scape, Inc.), where they also grow seasonal color on 12+ acres with 11,000 SF of greenhouse space, and 10,000 SF of outdoor growing areas. S ..read more

As a follow-up to Dr. Brad Rowe’s research (Click here) on blue-green roofs and stormwater retention, a study was conducted this year to quantify the irrigation needs and plant growth in the RoofBlue® RETAIN™ system. We compared plots of modules-only vs. modules + RoofBlue® RETAIN™, with and without irrigation (irrigation was applied only when wilting was observed at 8 am, and only at moisture holding capacity of each module type). RoofBlue® RETAIN™ Findings: For plots that were irrigated, we observed that the use of RoofBlue® RETAIN™ led to: Lite (50% reduction in irrigation) Standa ..read more