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guardian.co.uk - 11/7/2008
Grass hits the roof in Leeds
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The red ranks of terrace houses in one of Britain's biggest cities have been interrupted by a splash of green, in Britain's first council-funded "green roof". Slipper orchids and dwarf cornflowers have bloomed on the miniature meadow which now covers Vik Banks' extension in Burley Lodge, ...

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PanNatural :: Your Daily Source of Green News — Grass hits the roof in Leeds Written by Martin Wainwright 11/07/2008 [image] The red ranks of terrace houses in one of Britain's biggest cities have been interrupted by a splash of green, in Britain's... Read more... ...

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