WSIU InFocus
Rooftop Garden
Clip | 9m 19s
Green roof project at SIU Carbondale provides a living lab for students and professors.
Margie Rehagan leads us on a tour of the plant and vegetable garden on the roof of the College of Agricultural Sciences building on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She discusses how the green roof works, the types of plant and soil systems used, and the data professors and students are collecting as they study the roof's ecosystem.
WSIU InFocus is a local public television program presented by WSIU
WSIU InFocus
Rooftop Garden
Clip | 9m 19s
Margie Rehagan leads us on a tour of the plant and vegetable garden on the roof of the College of Agricultural Sciences building on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She discusses how the green roof works, the types of plant and soil systems used, and the data professors and students are collecting as they study the roof's ecosystem.
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