Biodiverse Systems

Biodiverse Roofs deliver valuable environmental benefits by attracting desirable flora that provide habitat for wildlife and/or facilitate building designs that are sympathetic to the surrounding landscape - allowing BREEAM credits to be attained under the Land & Ecology category.

Similar in composition to Extensive Roofs, Biodiverse Roofs benefit from a growing medium that is a locally-relevant, engineered recycled mix of crushed brick and organic matter. Blackdown devises a bespoke growing medium mix specifically for each project's requirements, accounting for both the local environment and the planting strategy.

Additional features, such as Timber, shelter, stones and other roofscape furniture can be incorporated into the roof design to achieve particular ecological objectives, such as attracting invertebrates.