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| | Now @ The Gardens, Volume 1 Number 4, Spring 2004 |
 | | Contemporary use of plants on roofs and walls is different from older uses in the integration of planting with the supporting structures in the construction of the building, and in the use of modern materials. |
 | | Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls describes the components and construction techniques for the roofs including modifying existing roofs to support vegetation, drainage layers, soils, and the plants, for large commercial to large and small domestic buildings, with a variety of slopes and conditions of drought, light intensity and wind. |
 | | Plant selection for roof and wall environments is discussed with the specific characteristics that make certain plants most successful in these situations. |
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