Smarter Living: Yard & Garden

A green roof generally is a carpeting of plants on a roof, which improves the energy performance of buildings and reduces stormwater runoff. Though many urban dwellers have flowerpots or container gardens on their roofs, these can't provide the energy savings that green roofs do.

Excerpted with permission from Re-Nest.com. Click on the image below to launch the slideshow.

last revised 1/26/2012