Saint Paul Fire StationGreen Roof Interpretive Center Green Roof Interpretive Center
and Garden Classroom
Photo of Green Roof Courtesy Minnesota Green Roof Council
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
From various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Photo of Green Roof - Courtesy Minnesota Green Roof Council
Green Roof Interpretive Center and G d Cl Garden Classroom
By
Loren E Abraham AIA LEED® AP
Bird’s eye photo of completed green roof
Loren E Abraham, AIA, LEED APAbraham + Associates Architecture + Planning
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Minnesota
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
From various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Final Design Scheme
GREEN ROOF PLAN
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
From various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Final Design Scheme g
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
From various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Perspective View Looking West
PP11 Native Vines
PP 5Vegetable Garden PP 5 PP 5 Meadow Garden
PP 1 Prairie
PP 5 Meadow Garden
PP 5 Int. Meadow
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Vegetable Garden
PP 3
PP 5PP 5
PP 10 No-mow
Turf
PP 2 Succulent Wildflower
GardenPP 4
Garden
PP 1 Prairie Wildflower
GardenPP 3
Woodland Garden
PP 1
PP 6
PP 4 Savannah
PP 3 Woodland
Garden
PP 8
PP 7 Int. Wetland
PP 9Wetland PP 3
PP 8 Int. Woodland
Garden
Garden
PP 3Woodland
PP 6 Shady Garden Garden Garden
PP 6 Int. Shady Garden
GREEN ROOF PLAN
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
From various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant PalettesDes. Description Area
PP1 Extensive Prairie Wildflower Garden 586
PP2 Extensive Succulent/Wildflower Garden 533
PP3 Extensive Woodland Garden 1003
PP4 Intensive Savannah/Wildflower Garden 95
PP5 Intensive Meadow Garden 747
PP6 Intensive Shady Garden 495
PP7 Intensive Wetland Garden 65
PP8 Intensive Wildflower Garden 149
PP9 Extensive Wetland Garden 30
PP10 No-mow Turf (Pregrown vegetative mat) 631
PP11 Vining plants for Treillage,"trees" and trellisses 233
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 1Extensive Prairie Wildflower Garden
The Plants below are native and able to grow in shallow green roof conditions
Allium Cernuum(Nodding Onion)deciduous wildflower Anemone Patens
(Pasque Flower)prairie wildflower
Coreopsis palmate(Prairie Coreopsis)prairie wildflower
Geum triflorumPrairie Smoke Wildflower
Lobelia spicataSpiked Lobelia Wildflower
Rudbeckia hirtaBlack-Eyed SusanSavannah
Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed Wildflower
Antennaria neglectaPussytoes Wildflower
Bouteloua curtipendula(Side-oats GramaMeadow Grass
Opuntia fragilis Brittle opuntia (Prickly Pear) Wildflower
Aquilegia canadensisColumbine Wildflower
Arennaria strictaSandwort Wildflower
Aster sericeusSmooth Aster Wildflower
Campanula rotundifoliaHarebell Wildflower
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
The Plants below are drought tolerant and able to grow in shallow green roof conditions
Allium schoenoprasumwildflower
Opuntia humifusa Sedum ‘Green Spruce’ Sedum album
teretifolium ‘Murale’
Sedum divergens
Sedum ewersii Sedum kamtschaticum Sedum sexangulare Sedum sichotense Sedum spurium ‘Fuldaglut’
Sedum stenopetalum
Sempervivum mix
Plant Palette 2Extensive Succulent/Wildflower Garden
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Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 3Extensive Woodland Garden
Anemone canadensis Canadian Anemone Woodland (shade plants)
Aquilegia canadensis Columbine Woodland (shade plants)
Carex pensylvanica Pensylvania Sedge Woodland
Bromus purgansHairy Wood Chess Woodland (shade plants)
Adiantum pedatumMaidenhair Fern Woodland (shade plants)
Allium tricoccumWild Leek Woodland (shade plants)
Allium stellatum Prairie Onion Woodland (shade plants)
Caltha palustris Yellow Marsh Marigold Woodland (shade plants)
Aster shortiiShort’s Aster Woodland (shade plants)
Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder Woodland (shade plants)
Alchemilla mollisLion’s Foot Woodland (shade plants)
Blephilia hirsutaHairy Wood Mint Woodland (shade plants)
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 4Intensive Savannah/Wildflower Garden
Pycnanthemum pilosumHairy Mountain Mint Savannah
Thaspium trifoliatumMeadow Parsnip Savannah
Bromus kalmiiPrairie Brome Savannah
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) native grass
Myrris odorataSweet Cicely Savannah
Sporobolus heterolepis(Prairie Dropseed) native grass
Diarrhena americanaBeak Grass Savannah
Symphyotrichum shortiiShort's Aster Savannah
Echinacea purpureaPurple Coneflower
Gentiana flavidaCream Gentian Savannah
Penstemon digitalis (White Beardtoungue)Wildflowerbutterflies
Polygonatum commutatumSolomon's Seal woodland
Taenidia integerrimaYellow Pimpernel Savannah
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 5Intensive Meadow Garden
Penstemon digitalis (White Beardtoungue)Wildflowerbutterflies
Liatris pycnostachyaPrairie Blazing Star Meadow
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) native grass
Baptisia leucanthaWhite Wild Indigo Meadow
Allium Cernuum(Nodding Onion)deciduous wildflower
Bouteloua curtipendula(Side-oats GramaMeadow Grass
Eryngium yuccifoliumRattlesnake Master Meadow (short grass prairie)
Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)prairie and rocky area wildflower
Aster laevisSmooth Blue Aster Meadow (short grass prairie)
Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Cone-flower Meadow (short grass prairie)
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 6Intensive Shady Garden
Aster drumondiiDrummond’s Aster Woodland (shade plants)
Asclepias exaltataPoke Milkweed Woodland (shade plants)
Campanulastrum americanum (L.)Small Tall Bellflower Woodland (shade plants)
Elymus villosusSilky Wild Rye Shade
Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern Woodland (shade plants)
Anemone canadensis Canadian Anemone Woodland (shade plants)
Aquilegia canadensis Columbine Woodland (shade plants)
Carex pensylvanica Pensylvania Sedge Woodland
Bromus purgansHairy Wood Chess Woodland (shade plants)
Pycnanthemum pilosumHairy Mountain Mint Savannah
Thaspium trifoliatumMeadow Parsnip Savannah
Blephilia hirsutaHairy Wood Mint woodland
Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern Woodland (shade plants)
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Great Waterleaf Woodland (shade plants)
Astrophytum myriostigma Bishop’s Cap Woodland (shade plants)
Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells Woodland (shade plants)
Arisaema triphyllum Jack in the Pulpit Woodland (shade plants)
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 7Intensive Wetland Garden
Liatris pycnostachyaPrairie Blazing Star Wet to Wet Mesic Prairie
Brasenia schreberi Native Watershield Floating Leaved Plants
Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Yellow Lotus Floating Leaved Plants
Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia
Spartina pectinata Prairie cord-grass Wet to Wet Mesic Prairie
Platanthera praeclaraWestern Prairie Fringed Orchid Wet to Wet Mesic Prairie
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 9Extensive Wetland Garden
Penstemon hirsutus(Hairy Beardstoungue)wildflower
Iris versicolorBlue Flag IrisShallow Marsh, shoreline
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.Broad Leaved Arrowhead Shallow Marsh
Pycnanthemum virginianumCommon Mountain Mint Wet to Wet Mesic Prairie
Floating Leaved Plants:
Nymphaea spp. (Waterlillies)Brasenia schreberi (Native Watershield)(yellow lotus)(Cow lilies)
Abundantly growing aquatic plants:Submerged:
Myriophyllum exalbescens (Northern watermilfoil)Ceratyophyllum demersum (Coontail)Elodea Canadensis (Canada waterweed)
Emergent:
Typha latifolia, Typha angustifolia (Cattalis)Scirpus spp. (Bulrushes)
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Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 10No-mow Turf Grass
Fescue grasses from the genus Festuca:– slow growing– narrow leaved– shade tolerant
This low maintenance "No Mow" turf mix contains single season rye grass seeds for soil stability and quick growth of green lawn. The Fescue seeds are no different from those in our other "No Mow" turf mix. Both contain a specially designed blend of six low-growing Fine Fescue turf grasses, which will: Grow to form a dense turf, Thrive in full sun or partial shade, Require little if any watering or fertilizing, Biologically reduce weed growth, once established, Require limited mowing, usually only once or twice a year, Reduce your lawn maintenance dramatically.
~Prairie Nursery in Westfield, WI
Loren Abraham, AIA, LEED APabraham + associates architecture and planning
Taken from various Presentations to the City of St. PaulSt. Paul Fire Station Green Roof Garden Classroom
Plant Palette 11Native Vines for Minnesota
Lonicera brownii (Dropmore scarlet honeysuckle)partial sun, fertile well drained soil, very winter hardy and easy to grow, fast growing, needs support trellis right after planting, boasts scarlet-orange, tubular flowers from June to September, attracts hummingbirds
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper)partial sun, cold hardy, grows quickly, tough, requires little maintenance, small fruits it bears attract birds, can be invasive, prune to control size
Scarlet honeysuckle
Virginia Creeper
Virginia Creeper
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