Rooftop farming for academic and leisure functions appears a flowery pattern in North America.
In 2002 Dipl.-Ing Markus Wittling was planning to raise a whole winery on high of the Wine Museum in Cologne, Germany. The sloped inexperienced roof spans over all the museum constructing of just about 20,000 sq. toes. It’s doubtless the primary winery on a roof and the primary sloped rooftop farm on the earth.
Within the center ages Cologne was crucial wine buying and selling city north of the Alps. The “Weinmuseum Köln e.V.” is honoring this truth with a museum and with astonishing and academic displays about wine.
This rooftop winery is a chief instance of old-fashioned inexperienced roof know-how and is good for academic functions.
The inexperienced roof shows 40 of crucial grape species from world wide located onto 720 vine shares.
The soil layer (rising media) together with granular drainage is 27 inches deep and consists of a mix of porous volcano materials like Lava rock and Pumice – supplies wherein grapes develop their distinctive style. Over 15 years of excessive efficiency.
This rooftop winery is a chief instance of old-fashioned inexperienced roof know-how and is good for academic functions. In case you have an opportunity to go to Cologne, the Wine Museum is a should in your Inexperienced Roof Safari and your effort shall be rewarded with superb wine tasting!
By Jorg Breuning
