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Green Roofs Seminar

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT+1000)

Melbourne, Victoria

Green Roofs Seminar

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The City of Melbourne, University of Melbourne and Green Roofs Australia invites you to an evening with Edmund C. Snodgrass and John Rayner. Discover the latest trends in Green Roof research, design and implementation from a unique global and local perspective.

 

 

Edmond C Snodgrass is a fifth generation farmer and founder of Emory Knoll Farms Inc. and Green Roof Plants. Since its inception, Emory Knoll Farms has supplied plants for over 400 green roof projects throughout the United States and Canada.

Edmund collaborates on green roof research with academic institutions including Penn State University, North Carolina State University and Michigan State University, and he advises botanic gardens, including the Singapore Botanic Garden and the U.S. Botanic Garden, on green roof installations.

 

John Rayner is a lecturer in urban horticulture at Burnley, University of Melbourne.  His teaching and research areas are focussed around the design and management of urban landscape plantings, including green roofs, vertical greening, climbing plants and children’s and therapeutic landscapes. 

John presents regularly at conferences and seminars in Australia and around the world and has published widely in industry journals and magazines. He has helped establish a research program to develop green roofs suitable for Australian conditions as a climate change adaptation strategy and is actively involved in substrates research and development.

 

Program for the evening

7pm - 7.15pm  Welcome from Cr Cathy Oke, City of Melbourne
7.15pm - 7.45pm  

John Rayner, University of Melbourne

7.45pm - 8.30pm   Edmund C. Snodgrass, Emory Knoll Farms Inc.
8.30pm - 9pm   Audience Q&A

Refreshments will be served

Edmund will be speaking at the Green Roofs Australia Conference in October in Adelaide.  For further information on the conference visit http://www.icebergevents.com/greenroofsconference2010/

 

 Proudly presented by City of Melbourne, Green Roofs Australia and University of Melbourne 

 

 

 

When & Where


Yarra Room
Melbourne Town Hall
120 Swanston Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT+1000)


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