Land8 | Timothy Gazzo | Activity https://land8.com/members/timothygazzo/activity/ Activity feed for Timothy Gazzo. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:50:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 be8e113b719de328ffab8debd7dc2463 Timothy Gazzo replied to the topic Greenroof Turfgrass in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/greenroof-turfgrass/#post-156414 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:07:18 +0000 Hi Jordan,

I spoke with a professor at Rutgers – and ended up adjusting the layout – to provide an
even 6″ of soil depth. I havent finalized the species of Turf Grass though but I did narrow it down to a fescue mix (hard, fine, creeping and red).

I did happen to speak with the rep at Liveroof about the Bella Bluegrass – they offer it in their…[Read more]

]]> 0 ff3050b33f2786a9368e60eec7dc82d0 Timothy Gazzo replied to the topic Greenroof Turfgrass in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/greenroof-turfgrass/#post-156416 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:18:04 +0000 You said it there. The conditions vary on this project between the north and south side so exposure to the elements has driven the majority of our design decisions. I have two calls into Cornell (no response), I am going to contact Rutgers today as they developed a mix named Predator that may be feasible.

I will let you know how that goes.

]]> 0 57f9752c47f4ac26f0e24292068c0c38 Timothy Gazzo replied to the topic Greenroof Turfgrass in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/greenroof-turfgrass/#post-156420 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:23:41 +0000 Bingo. We’ve been investigating grasses that are tolerant of desiccation, full/part sun and resilient.
Havent found the right mix yet, but we’re in the hunt.

]]> 0 24a597c3f65108ddb2be4c8205c3fa73 Timothy Gazzo replied to the topic Greenroof Turfgrass in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/greenroof-turfgrass/#post-156421 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:21:29 +0000 The situation is definitely not boggy – the opposite in fact. We are using a proprietary soil blend created for green roof plantings so I’d have to do a bit of research to see if it breaks down over a given amount of time. 

We are already specifying  a significant amount of sedges on the project, this particular area calls for something that c…[Read more]

]]> 0 99907adbb16775bccc5904ac1f8c1020 Timothy Gazzo replied to the topic Greenroof Turfgrass in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/greenroof-turfgrass/#post-156422 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:17:16 +0000 Thanks again, I certainly will look into this. The initial thought was to hydroseed the area, however sprigs could be an interesting alternative. I’ll see if its rated for traffic. If anything good comes out of this I will let you know. 

Thanks again!

]]> 0 c86b8a1304332665caec6a9d6b446a95 Timothy Gazzo replied to the topic Greenroof Turfgrass in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/greenroof-turfgrass/#post-156426 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:02:03 +0000 Thanks Jason, this is really helpful. I’ve since found ways to “increase” the soil depth to about 5″. So there’s a small silver lining there.

As for synthetic, yeah, thats what many others have recommended as well. Problem is we have to hit a certain percentage for vegetated roof coverage. I’ve been looking into slow growing and hard fescues.…[Read more]

]]> 0 d20c9095523fd019bd9bb5780df78cab Timothy Gazzo replied to the topic Greenroof Turfgrass in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/greenroof-turfgrass/page/2/#post-156429 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:28:14 +0000 Thanks Rob. I can assure you that there has been a tremendous amount of time that has gone into species selection on this project. The building is approximately 1 acre with over 30 terraces – each having a very different microclimate from the next.

We are not thrilled with the idea of using turf to begin with, however the client has asked we…[Read more]

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