Comments on: Hero’s 365 Drying Rack and Rain Collector Double as Garden Decor http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/28/heros-365-drying-rack-and-rain-collector-double-as-garden-decor/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:55:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Linda Dayhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/28/heros-365-drying-rack-and-rain-collector-double-as-garden-decor/comment-page-1/#comment-197812 Linda Day Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:39:10 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=31475#comment-197812 I think they are really neat and would be popular with those in the Rooftop Garden area. I am happy to list the product if the owner wants to send me an email. For those interested in Rooftop Gardening, here is what I am doing....Please share the below. Thank you.Hello, Please let anyone you know with a rooftop garden, green roof or green wall project or location to add their site here. http://www.rooftopgarden.com/database.html This is a FREE site and as a Who is Who of Rooftop Gardening, this list will help to promote the rooftop garden efforts around the world. Our listing page will be seen by all folks interested in commencing a project so your various experts involved in the project can get more exposure for their rooftop garden project. Our goal is in promoting this concept to the Property and Facility Management industry as there is a definite disconnect between us and the Greening Industry. There has not been any way to connect us, until now! Our goal is to determine where these projects are and how many of them are available for viewing by the public or viewing by appointment. When PM or FM professioanls are interested in this concept they can easily see there are more rooftop gardens out there than they even realize. The goal is to get more people to pursue converting their barren and environmentally unfriendly roof space into an environmentally, friendly green roof. There is also a chance some of these locations can actually generate income for certain properties. There are food gardens (restaurants), employee break/lunch gardens, therapy gardens (medical community) and many other uses of this wasted space in a building or facility. I think this is a truly misunderstood concept and the more we can expose rooftop gardens to the Property and Facility Managers in the world, the more these folks can see it is truly a feasible and practical project. As a Property Manager for almost 3 decades, I know the hesitancy to pursue such a project, so the more we can show they are out there and may be in your own backyard, the more leaders in the building industry will undertake it. Please share with any rooftop garden experts you know so they can help to foster this effort. Thank you, LDay@rooftopgarden.com Linda Day, CPM, CCIM List Your Project FREE: http://www.rooftopgarden.com/database.html I think they are really neat and would be popular with those in the Rooftop Garden area. I am happy to list the product if the owner wants to send me an email. For those interested in Rooftop Gardening, here is what I am doing….

Please share the below. Thank you.

Hello,
Please let anyone you know with a rooftop garden, green roof or green wall project or location to add their site here. http://www.rooftopgarden.com/database.html This is a FREE site and as a Who is Who of Rooftop Gardening, this list will help to promote the rooftop garden efforts around the world. Our listing page will be seen by all folks interested in commencing a project so your various experts involved in the project can get more exposure for their rooftop garden project. Our goal is in promoting this concept to the Property and Facility Management industry as there is a definite disconnect between us and the Greening Industry. There has not been any way to connect us, until now!
Our goal is to determine where these projects are and how many of them are available for viewing by the public or viewing by appointment. When PM or FM professioanls are interested in this concept they can easily see there are more rooftop gardens out there than they even realize. The goal is to get more people to pursue converting their barren and environmentally unfriendly roof space into an environmentally, friendly green roof. There is also a chance some of these locations can actually generate income for certain properties. There are food gardens (restaurants), employee break/lunch gardens, therapy gardens (medical community) and many other uses of this wasted space in a building or facility.
I think this is a truly misunderstood concept and the more we can expose rooftop gardens to the Property and Facility Managers in the world, the more these folks can see it is truly a feasible and practical project. As a Property Manager for almost 3 decades, I know the hesitancy to pursue such a project, so the more we can show they are out there and may be in your own backyard, the more leaders in the building industry will undertake it. Please share with any rooftop garden experts you know so they can help to foster this effort.
Thank you,
LDay@rooftopgarden.com
Linda Day, CPM, CCIM

List Your Project FREE: http://www.rooftopgarden.com/database.html

]]> By: Emmybhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/28/heros-365-drying-rack-and-rain-collector-double-as-garden-decor/comment-page-1/#comment-190492 Emmyb Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:40:36 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=31475#comment-190492 Who knows, but I'd say a product like this will be cherished for many years and not replaced frequently as with many cheaper options? Many things like this end-up being very ecologically sound - an old leather jacket, a swiss watch that lasts a lifetime etc etc etc. It's a state of mind and yes CPJ, you are correct about the bike being a sound gift!I found the RC-1 at www.bau-outdoors.co.uk for UK... Not cheap, but I'm kind of in love with it! Who knows, but I’d say a product like this will be cherished for many years and not replaced frequently as with many cheaper options? Many things like this end-up being very ecologically sound – an old leather jacket, a swiss watch that lasts a lifetime etc etc etc. It’s a state of mind and yes CPJ, you are correct about the bike being a sound gift!

I found the RC-1 at http://www.bau-outdoors.co.uk for UK… Not cheap, but I’m kind of in love with it!

]]> By: CPJhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/28/heros-365-drying-rack-and-rain-collector-double-as-garden-decor/comment-page-1/#comment-172570 CPJ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:03:55 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=31475#comment-172570 tblandspace, I guess everyone has their own taste, so the look of the rain collector is down to the individual. I think your point regarding the ecological bandwagon is a bit misguided however.As this piece is ornamental, there is a big chance it will take the place of something similarly draining in terms of construction, but with zero use (maybe a bit of token furniture etc). It's debatable that giving your child a bike will save much fuel - let alone enough to balance the cost of building the bike & getting it to the door. Given an alternative of a games console, or a little motorbike/electric car, is it not the case that o=some level the pushbike is a more ecologically gift choice?We all have an environmental impact - it's a continuum rather than a right or wrong... tblandspace, I guess everyone has their own taste, so the look of the rain collector is down to the individual. I think your point regarding the ecological bandwagon is a bit misguided however.

As this piece is ornamental, there is a big chance it will take the place of something similarly draining in terms of construction, but with zero use (maybe a bit of token furniture etc). It’s debatable that giving your child a bike will save much fuel – let alone enough to balance the cost of building the bike & getting it to the door. Given an alternative of a games console, or a little motorbike/electric car, is it not the case that o=some level the pushbike is a more ecologically gift choice?

We all have an environmental impact – it’s a continuum rather than a right or wrong…

]]> By: tblandspacehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/28/heros-365-drying-rack-and-rain-collector-double-as-garden-decor/comment-page-1/#comment-167642 tblandspace Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:43:17 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=31475#comment-167642 I wonder how long this water collector will last before its bent and broken. It looks pretty flimsy as far as construction goes. A gallon of water weighs around 8 pounds. 8 * 45 = 360 lbs...those little skinny legs dont look like they will stand up to much twisting if someone attempts to move it with even just a bit of water in it. Personally I think it looks rather ugly and depressing....its obvious homage to 50's domestic furnishings is pretty contrived Lastly, sure its gathering water and conserving resources there, but what is the embodied energy cost of its steel construction and polyesther powder coating....Good design is more than just a pretty package and jumping on the ecological bandwagon does not a green item make. I wonder how long this water collector will last before its bent and broken. It looks pretty flimsy as far as construction goes. A gallon of water weighs around 8 pounds. 8 * 45 = 360 lbs…those little skinny legs dont look like they will stand up to much twisting if someone attempts to move it with even just a bit of water in it. Personally I think it looks rather ugly and depressing….its obvious homage to 50’s domestic furnishings is pretty contrived Lastly, sure its gathering water and conserving resources there, but what is the embodied energy cost of its steel construction and polyesther powder coating….Good design is more than just a pretty package and jumping on the ecological bandwagon does not a green item make.

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