Plans Living Roof Birdhouse

Rebecca s bird gardens for some cool ways to decorate your new bird house.

Plans living roof birdhouse.

Once the roof is in place attach the long metal flashing to the center of the peaked roof using a bead of silicone and six flashing nails. Rebecca uses hardy sedums in her living roof birdhouses. You ll want to give your new succulents about 8 10 weeks to root in the birdhouse and keep the roof slightly moist. For some great ideas on how to build your own green roof bird house check out the sites below.

Run a bead of glue along the peaked edge of the top of the birdhouse base and center the roof panels on top. Poke the asparagus cutting tool into the moss to make room for the sedum roots and tuck the plants in firming them with your fingers as you go. Love the creativity on these bird houses. Johnson giles loch key productions line the top with roofing paper cut to fit then add a layer of perlite.

This living roof birdhouse comes with organic soil succulent cuttings and a hanging kit making it a breeze to start your own succulent garden while providing all the hippest birds in your hood with a funky new place to relax. Reduce reuse and recycle your way to bird feeding bliss. Secure the roof with two nails along each roofline for a total of eight nails. Green roof bird house tutorial by garden therapy.

Diy living roof birdhouse jeff and i have been selling our green roof birdhouses at our local farmers market since 2010 and recently i decided to add a diy version of our living roof birdhouse the cottage to the etsy shop.