Hello Thyme With a Green Thumb Followers!
We wanted to let you know we are always trying to update and improve, and so have decided to move our blog hosting to Wordpress. The new blog's address is: www.vanputte.wordpress.com and we would so appreciate you heading over and following us there! All you need to do is click that link, input your email address into the "Follow Us" box, and click "Follow" and then you'll get all the new Van Putte updates. All of our past blogs, archives and comments have been transferred so you won't miss a thing -- instead you'll get a more streamlined reading experience, and we'll have the opportunity for even more photos, links and informative posts!
We appreciate your support over the past few years on the blog and hope to see you over at www.vanputte.wordpress.com soon, liking and commenting on our new blog!
Best,
Green Thumb Staff
Van Putte Gardens prides itself on inspiring, educating and serving Rochester's gardeners since 1948. We are the areas most complete garden center, offering everything you need to complement your outdoor living style.
23 May 2013
09 May 2013
By the Numbers: Civic Center Garage Green Roof
The roof of the Civic Center Parking Garage after Van Putte got done with it! |
Another view of the green roof of the Civic Center Parking Garage with some of the new stone, sod and trees we installed. |
Some of the 10,000 original granite pavers on the roof of the Civic Center that Van Putte removed. |
- Installed 75,000 square feet of sod, sedum, trees and shrubs = 8.25 Olympic-sized swimming pools
- Installed 2,500 cubic yards of lightweight growth material = over 31 full semi trucks or 250 Van Putte dump trucks
- Installed 160,000 square feet of drainage board = about 3 football fields
- Installed 6,500 tons of new stone = weight of 5,200 Honda Civics
- And.... removed 10,000 4-ft by 4-ft granite pavers, which if you laid them end-to-end, would be the same distance as climbing up and down Mt. Marcy (highest point in NYS) 4 times!
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