{"id":1594,"date":"2010-08-19T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostgreenwich.co.uk\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2020-05-04T19:12:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:12:58","slug":"stantec-green-roof-edmonton-wildflowers-and-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blissful-jemison.194-164-120-178.plesk.page\/index.php\/bees\/stantec-green-roof-edmonton-wildflowers-and-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Stantec Green Roof \u2013 Edmonton \u2013 Wildflowers and Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deep in the heart of downtown Edmonton is a wonderful green roof atop the offices of Stantec. I was fortunate to visit this green roof during my speaker\/lecture tour of Alberta back in June. The green roof could be considered a green roof designed for native biodiversity. Much of the planting is native and, certainly when I was there, there was a lot of bee activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blissful-jemison.194-164-120-178.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brown-eyed_susan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blissful-jemison.194-164-120-178.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brown-eyed_susan.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1595\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blissful-jemison.194-164-120-178.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brown-eyed_susan.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blissful-jemison.194-164-120-178.plesk.page\/?attachment_id=1595\" class=\"wp-image-1595 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blissful-jemison.194-164-120-178.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brown-eyed_susan.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blissful-jemison.194-164-120-178.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/brown-eyed_susan-480x399.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/501;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Stantec Green Roof \u2013 Edmonton \u2013 Wildflowers and Bees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amongst the flowers I managed to identify were Brown-eyed susan, Nodding onion, Showy aster, Yellow beardtongue and Smooth blue aster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bees seemed particularly attractive to two other plants. Two-grooved milk vetch and a Richardson\u2019s Alumroot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep in the heart of downtown Edmonton is a wonderful green roof atop the offices of Stantec. 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