Soothe everyone's eyes and mind

magnificent 

nice to have like this one

After the green roof that started in Germany many years ago, and have become popular throughout Europe, becoz as everyone knows that it is environmental friendly and it maximizes the use of space and besides it is well appreciated and very innovative when it comes to architectural designing,  not to mention the warmth it gives during winter and of course  a bit cooler during the summer heat. But well, thousand of years ago we had already the one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World...known to us as The Hanging Garden of Babylon.  With many countries adopting it to help set  the environment as one of the main goals, it looks like architectural designing bring forth the jungle to the busy city proper.

Wow, look at this one, and am proud I took this picture while I was on vacation in Japan 2011...@ Tonami Tulips Festival. I didn't let this one passed without picturing it becoz of the thick thatched roofing and I asked the caretaker then and told me that indeed this used to be green roof but since it's hard to maintain becoz of the thick snow during winter so the thatched roof instead of the green roof.

Just thought of sharing you these pictures I do treasure from my most highlighted vacations in Japan.

cute turtle planter

horizontal planter

drummerlike planter

well-manicured garden

under the wood planks

column planter

Repost: THE GREEN-ROOF SYSTEMS....

A new design and implementation strategies that allow plants to grow on the exterior or interior of buildings, roof tops or houses. Having enormous potentials to improve the health and the well-being of people by filtering air pollution, reducing energy use, cutting greenhouse gases and providing higher quality outdoor environments in our hotter and hotter urban spaces source. Green-roofs started mainly in North America and Europe.
Source: Green Roofs For Healthy Cities/Wikipedia
8/31/07 Date Posted  7:08 AM

I decided to re-post this very important topic now that our air is a lot polluted now since I first posted this topic. People I believe is the one responsible for making our air unclean that makes it downright a bit threatening to the health not only human being but also everything that lives one  earth, That's why some environmentalist who  still care to protect our failing condition still try their best to discover some new and helpful techniques that will aid and enhance the betterment of our planet earth. One outstanding find is this green roof. I don't know if anyone in our country has already adopt this helpful and healthy green roof style.  Will find out if there is already. And if I were just like anyone who  is moneyed I surely will gonna have a house like this.