Living Roofs, Inc is hiring a Horticulture & Maintenance Manager. Please help us spread the word and share this with all of your green roof and horticulture pals. This permanent full-time position is responsible for managing all aspects of plant ordering, plant installations, and ongoing green roof and living wall maintenance ..read more

We are delighted to share that one of our Lake Toxaway green roof projects was picked up and featured in Rethinking The Future. Our team worked closely with the client and Platt Architects to design and build the sloped green roof for this stunning project. Check out the link to learn more ..read more

With heat waves expected to become longer and more frequent due to climate change, Reps. Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced the Excess Urban Heat Mitigation Act of 2022. The bill creates a competitive grant program through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide funding for eligible entities to combat the causes and mitigate the effects of excess urban heat ..read more

Thanks to Green Built Alliance and writer Melissa Reardon for featuring the 145 Biltmore project and sharing the multitudes of benefits green infrastructure and green roofs provide our communities ..read more

FEMA's guide helps communities identify and assemble the staff and resources (including funding opportunities) to implement nature-based solutions to build resilience locally. Check it out to learn how "Nature-based solutions offer significant benefits, monetary and otherwise, often at a lower cost than more traditional infrastructure ..read more

Check out LRI's own Emilio Ancaya's article discussing the benefits of one of our pollinator meadow roofs right here in the heart of Downtown Asheville, NC. Published previously by Asheville's Green Built Alliance, this article delves into the history and development of this unique project, and explains how it serves the building and local community as a site for supporting local biodiversity, adding rooftop amenity, providing excellent stormwater management and structural insulation, contributing to improved air quality, and combating rising urban heat island effects ..read more

Team LRI co-founder and landscape architect Kate Ancaya recently caught up with the team over at Hoffman Nursery to chat about grasses and green roofs. The folks over at Hoffman are the kind you want on your team: collaborative, knowledgeable, and curious. Check out their green infrastructure chart and Kate's "go to grasses ..read more

We are late (but delighted!) to share that the City of Columbia Water & Wastewater Management Facility project received a prestigious AIA South Atlantic Region (SAR) Merit Award for Adaptive Reuse on September 16th, 2020, at the virtual awards gala of the annual SAR “Aspire” conference. The team over Watson Tate Savory knocked it out of the park on this one! The award was one of only 29 given in the region which includes Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Follow the link below to read more on this incredible project and the accolades it has recieved ..read more

The 2021 NCASLA Award Winners are in, and we are delighted to announce that the Garage Apartments Green Roof was recognized yet again! This hardworking, beautiful piece of infrastructure was recognized for its beauty and function. This roof continues to teach us so many lessons, including how green roofs promote biodiversity, reduce roof temperature, provide habitat and food sources for native pollinators, and reduce stormwater runoff ..read more

Big thanks to the rad hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick of The Native Plants, Healthy Planet Podcast for chatting with our very own Kate Ancaya and Shannon Currey of Hoffman Nursery about native plants and green roofs. The podcast is presented by Pinelands Nursery and is worth a listen (or 10!). Fran and Tom know a lot about plants and are a whole lot of fun too.  ..read more