Program/ Urban Green Scapes
Concept/ Functional gardens
Materials/ Sedum plantings
Location/ National implementation
Completion/ 2005

Asked to collaborate with a local horticulture company in Michigan, Ms. Hoeksema provided art consultation for a developing green roof system. The consult included insight for engineering variations of seedum combinations based on color, growth height, and seasonal growth patterns. These different combinations shaped different effects for green roofs that related to various architectural materials and aesthetic use. These systems are being implemented nationally.

• Natural heating and cooling
• Building to site drainage control
• Heat island effect alleviation
• Urban oxygen emission
• Added habitable places