Roof Garden

Changi General Hospital plants vegetables on its rooftop, harvests them and offers them to patients. For its efforts, it has been awarded an Urban Agriculture Achievement Award, given by The Urban Agriculture Network, a regional agriculture group. The vegetable farm is found right on the rooftop of the hospital. Using the hydroponic method, about 10 … Read more

New convention centre to boast a meadow on top — the largest green roof in countryWhen the Vancouver convention centre spreads its sails in 2008 with a $500-million expansion, it will be sporting a 2.4-hectare roof alive with flowers and grasses. Destined to be the largest green roof in Canada, it will cover the equivalent … Read more