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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...upper curve is even more ingenious. It holds a vegetative roof???basically an overhead meadow. To build it, the contractors covered a plywood surface with a drainage mat, which was then layered with four inches of soil and vermiculite and planted with perennials like sedum and wild strawberry. The roof-meadow helps keep the house cool, controls storm-water runoff and gives neighbors up the hill something more interesting to look at than shingles. As a bonus, they get to watch the owners periodically weeding their roof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Life | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

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