Home > Green Roof Consultants

Green roof consultants share steps for establishing a green roof with moss…

Although the Moss Acres staff does not technically consider themselves green roof consultants, they can help guide you through the techniques required for establishing a lush, vibrant green roof blanketed in moss.

Moss has many advantages for green roofs:

• Requires less roofing soil medium
• Retains 10 x its’ weight in water
• Thrives in shade produced by building shadows
• Drought tolerant once established
• Rapid growth rate – 2-4 months for full coverage

To establish a green roof with moss the steps are incredibly simple:

1. Install your green roof waterproofing/membrane and drainage system as you normally would.
2. Apply 1 ½ - 2” of roofing soil medium (extensive or intensive mixtures are both fine)
3. Broadcast moss fragments at 25% surface coverage rate (Moss Acres ships fern moss or rock cap moss “pre-ground” to the site).
4. Apply water retention gel granuals.
5. Set up temporary irrigation system (preferably a mister system) and immediately begin 30 minute - 3x per day watering cycles for one week, then 2x per day for the next 90 days. No additional watering is required following this initial watering period.

Please call us to discuss in detail any green roof project you might be considering moss for.