As globally we transition toward a much more urban civilization, food scarcity is becoming a concern. However, roof top agriculture can play an important role in ensuring food security. Watch the video about how one Portland restaurant, Noble Rot, is providing much of its produce just one flight upstairs on the roof.
Watch the new video about Hassalo on Eighth apartments and their roof top garden and gathering space. Hassalo on Eighth is LEED Platinum certified and includes a number of innovative green technologies, from water recycling to green roofs. For the video, CLICK HERE
KARL MILLER CENTER at PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Join Dr. Olyssa Starry as she tours one of the accessible green roofs at PSU. To watch the video, click here
Ecoroofs at the portland Japanese Garden
The Cultural Crossing Project is an expansion to the already world renowned Portland Japanese Garden. The design, completed by the landscape architecture firm Walker Macy in 2017, won the ASLA’s Award of Excellence for General Design in 2020. The design features a newly imagined entrance and introduction to the garden, as well as three gorgeous pavilions topped with sustainably manufactured low-profile green roof tiles.
Check out these resources to learn more about the Portland Japanese Garden Ecoroofs:
japanesegarden.org/2020/02/22/global-recognition/
www.archdaily.com/896384/portland-japanese-garden-cultural-village-kengo-kuma-and-associates
japanesegarden.org/2020/01/08/on-top-of-maintenance/
Little Free Library Green Roof
Little Free Libraries are a Portland staple, and a couple, like this one in SE Portland even include micro green roofs!
The Cosmopolitan Condos Green Roof
the Whitaker Ponds Ecoroofs
Whitaker Ponds, in NE Portland, is home to the Columbia Slough Watershed Council, forested pathways, countless wildlife species, and two ecoroofs. One ecoroof is on the gazebo and the other is on a City of Portland pump station.
Whitaker Ponds Nature Park is located at 7040 NE 47th Ave.
An ecoroof grows in Piedmont
GRiT member, Jim Labbe, constructed an ecoroof on his Portland, OR home. Our friend and colleague, Dusty Gedge, founder of Livingroofs.org and current President of the European Federation of Green Roof Associations, posted a nice write-up about Jim's current and future ecoroofs. Click here to read about Jim's habitat ecoroof.