Happy Earth Day!

#forwardonclimate rally in DC gathers 45k

In an unprecedented gathering - the largest in US history in support of Climate Change reform over 45000 gathered in Washington Dc to march from the Washington Monument to the White House to express support for Obama to strike the plans for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Winter Gardening

Here's a link list of winter gardening tips!

http://www.metropolitangardening.com/2010/12/3-tips-to-care-for-winter-garden-linda.html

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/winter-gardening-tips

http://www.hgtv.com/topics/winter-gardening/index.html

https://www.cityparksfoundation.org/fallwinter-gardening-tips/

http://www.ufseeds.com/Winter-Gardening-Tips-Gardeners1.html

http://www.ahs.org/gardening_q_and_a/winter_gardening_tips.htm

http://casfs.ucsc.edu/publications/for-the-gardener/ideas-for-the-winter-garden

Flooding in New York City

At high tide the waters rose to within 20 ft of my door and poured

 in the entry way of my building near the third avenue bridge.

We packed our bags got the rug off the floor and packed up the cat to go but

it occurred to me that high tide had passed and the waters wouldn't

get any higher. Though they threatened to shut off the power to the building

we stayed and the waters receded... PHEW!

Brooklyn Greenroof Booth at Union Square

Inger Staggs Yancey has an undeniably cute green roof booth at the Union Square Farmers Market Grow NYC Fest. I got a little slice of the technology from her for a buck and asked her for her first person description of her business.

Thank you for stopping by my booth yesterday and being interested in what I do with green roofs and other green infrastructure. I founded Brooklyn Greenroof on Earth Day in 2008. Last year I reformed as Brooklyn Greenroof, LLC. The change in legal structure reflects a shift in focus from just designing green roofs to now also installing them. I This is installation season. We are finishing up one residential green roof installation currently and have two more scheduled to install this month. Next month, we plan to install two more. We bid on many different types of green roofs. Our most unusual upcoming project will be on the new Latter Day Saints Meeting House in Englewood, NJ. Our most common type is the row house roof, whether brownstone or townhouse, and we also have large apartment building and commercial or non-profit clients. I think both native meadow plantings as well as native sedum plantings have their place and use on green roofs. Note: There are many varieties of native sedum. They are very suited to the extreme climates found on our urban rooftops. But I like to install other native species on rooftops as well to increase the habitat
of local birds, butterflies and bees.