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Green roof seeding mix using native bog species

Graaaaa · 2009-06-24 22:42:50

I'm at design stage for an extension in Conemara (north, not the infamous burren area), and thinking with my idealist hat on, I'd like to incorporate the native landscape into the roof. This would be in the form of the wonderful heathers, mosses, grasses and bog cottons etc. on the hills surrounding. I don't want to go…

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24-06-2009 11:42pm

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Graaaaa

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I'm at design stage for an extension in Conemara (north, not the infamous burren area), and thinking with my idealist hat on, I'd like to incorporate the native landscape into the roof. This would be in the form of the wonderful heathers, mosses, grasses and bog cottons etc. on the hills surrounding.
I don't want to go digging up the hills to transplant to this roof and then they all dies off (and I don't believe that tearing up the hills for my own needs is actually very fitting with the ideal) and I'm also not sure what qualities of the soils the plants thrive on.

Does anybody know of a nursery or seed supplier who does a native bog type mix? Oh and advice on what kind of bog/hill environment can be created in a depth of 4-6 inches would also be appreciated.

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