07/06/10 Grand Design 2010

Pierre Wilter, the director of Urban Roof Gardens, was invited to give two seminars at this year’s Grand Designs

12/05/10 Inspiration Gallery - Roof Terraces

Take your terrace to new height with brilliant design ideas and chic accessories

12/03/10 The Sky's the Limit

A roof garden will make your neighbours green with envy - and developers are catching on, as Dotti Tulle discovers

29/10/09 Designs on the Landscape

We all know how a well-dressed show home can help to sell a property. So why do so many developers overlook the garden? Show House reports.

26/01/09 Property Spy: the Sky’s the Limit!

Back in November, our new leader, Boris, announced a plan to create 2012 new patches of land to grow vegetables on in time for the London Olympic games. The slightly quirkier part of his plan is to convert existing rooftops, turning London into a more sustainable city.

30/09/08 Grand Designs Live episode

We were overjoyed to get a mention in this Grand Designs Live episode, covering the fair at Excel in London from May 3rd-11th 2008. Apart from images of our roof gardens, we were equally happy to see some great support for green roofs and walls.

18/07/08 Up on the Roof

The green roof trend started in Germany and is a more commonplace sight in other parts of Europe than here in the UK, but a conservative building and planning culture has traditionally served to constrain their installation, Gemma Sargant discovers a renaissance is now well underway.

26/06/08 Making a terrace or roof garden

There is a real growing movement to make the most of roofs and terraces – for environmental reasons, and to make the most of every last inch of available space in, on or around the home. Sarah Bevin from Urban Roof Gardens, a company specialising in creating gardens in the sky, answers some questions that will help get you started …

28/11/07 Meet the Expert - Lisa Andrews

Lisa Andrews is a horticulturalist who works for Urban Roof Gardens. She has worked to help plan, design and build a number of roof terraces in the UK. With a grounding in horticulture she knows about what plants work well on roof terraces and outside spaces can be of benefit to the environment.

25/10/07 "l love putting beech trees on roofs"

Pierre Wilter, from Ealing, founded Urban Roof Gardens four years ago. A former architect, his mission is to raise awareness of the benefits of roof gardens, terraces and green roofs.

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