green roof biodiversity

TURTLES ON A GREEN ROOF

Can Turtles Live on a Green Roof? an experiment in biodiversity and microecosystems above the ground Sedum, native plants, and an apiary atop a roof in Brooklyn, NY. Photo ©Heather Shimmin   Three stories above street level on 2nd Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, an experiment in the creation of a micro-ecology is taking place.  Drought-resistant plants, butterfly bushes, an apiary, and now a pair of Eastern Box Turtles have been added to