This past Saturday I had the pleasure of speaking about green roofs, living walls, rain water harvesting and plantscaping to the Orange County Master Gardeners Association. The event was held in Santiago Park in Santa Ana – a place I’ve driven through many times but never stopped. It was beautiful.
While not a large crowd, they were very enthusiastic and had many questions. Of course the top three questions are always: what does a green roof cost? How much does a green roof weigh? And what types of plants do you put on a green roof?
They loved our images of the brand new vegetable living wall. I was also pleased to share with them my experience doing interior and exterior plantscaping. The best part was once again being paid for my speaking!
And I heard a brand new question: “What if I get a bullet hole in my green roof, how will I repair it?” Seems that every New Years Eve and other assorted holidays the neighbors like to shoot their guns into the air and bullets rain down on houses. Apparently she got 5 holes last year! I assured her that repairing a leaking green roof as a result of bullet holes would be easy enough.
Now that’s a question that’s likely to remain unmatched!
