City of Sydney | Roof gardens set to grow with City support

Posted on Fri, 2013-12-13 09:17 by Rosie M.

Green thumbs across Sydney are being encouraged to reach for the sky under the City of Sydney’s new green roofs and walls policy.

The draft policy calls on residents and businesses to green their roofs and walls as a way of improving air quality, supporting biodiversity and creating new spaces in the heart of the city for food production and relaxation.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore said there was currently at least 96,000 square metres of green rooftops and walls across the city – roughly equal to 230 basketball courts.

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