Intensive Green Roofs

Omni Infinity Media can be used as a lightweight growth media to lighten the load and increase the rooting volume in intensive green roofs.

For two decades & counting, Omni Infinity Media is a proven, robust, diverse growth media within "vegetative roof assemblies” aka green roofs, roof gardens and living roofs. “Intensive green roofs” are typically considered the heavier and deeper version of green roofs, but with Omni Infinity Media, intensive green roofs can be created at lighter weights, shallower depths, and even on existing structures.

More than 850 plant taxa are documented to have successfully grown in Omni Infinity Media. Research shows that biodiverse plantings (e.g. grasses and wildflowers versus sedum monoculture) manage more stormwater.

GEO makes up the base of Omni Infinity Media and is used at variable depths from as little as 3 inches to over 6 feet. At only 35-45 pounds/cubic foot when wet, GEO’s lightweight makes it ideal for use on structure. Delivered dry at only 8 lbs/cf, it is the easiest green roof growth media to install.

BIO introduces the building blocks of soil development, including more than 1,500 species of microbes. It is used at 1/4” depth over any depth GEO to grow a soil ecosystem in rooftops and other extreme environments.

  • This existing building had both limited structural capacity and a high wind uplift resistance to achieve. Omni Infinity Media threaded the needle, transforming a barren roof to a lush healing garden for hospital patients, visitors & staff.

    Carle Foundation Hospital

  • Omni Infinity Media’s lightweight and high porosity enabled this project to achieve dramatic terraced landscapes and cost-effectively meet stormwater requirements.

    800 w fulton

  • This park is on-grade, publicly accessible, and atop a parking garage. Omni Infinity Media made light work of the trees, lawns, and perennials to reduce structural load and maximize options for walking paths & other site features.

    north union

  • Lawns, trees, and perennials abound in this rooftop use of Omni Infinity Media

    hyde park labs

  • Omni Infinity Media supports diverse plantings and a welcoming work environment on this adaptive reuse office.

    125 high street

  • We transformed a 100-year-old milk bottling plant into a manufacturing plant & office. Omni Infinity Media made it possible to plant more than 30 maple, birch, pine, fir & apple trees, a lawn, native meadow & rose buses on this existing wood structure.

    Omni HQ

  • This project demonstrated a significant return on investment for green roofs. On average, the 2nd floor terrace residences’ green roofs cost $20k to construct while selling for an additional $95k each.

    district house

  • Shade-tolerant perennials including Ferns, Hostas, and Pachysandra as well as Allium, Astilbe, Beardtongue, Coral Bells, Lady’s Mantle, and sedges are thriving in 3”- to 5”-deep Omni Infinity Media. This low-maintenance roof proves that green roofs can be successful in low-light site conditions.

    big ten conference

  • The 1,200-sf green roof with Omni Infinity Media features 19 trees and grassy terrain with spring bulbs and a shaded forest canopy with low-lying sedges and ferns.

    Gold Coast Residence

  • This 100-year-old wood-structure building in Boston retrofit the rooftop into an extension of the interior office. The green roof, made possible due to the light weight of Omni Infinity Media, includes densely planted trees, shrubs, perennials, and a lawn.

    125 High Street

  • The ninth-floor roof garden is a tenant amenity space including many unique features like the rolling topography, created by strategically mounding and sculpting growth media, and the steeply sloped skylight roofs vegetated with native prairie species. This variety of vegetation is achieved with as little as 4 inches of Omni Infinity Media, increasing in depth around the trees and topographical features.

    Fulton West

  • This Boston condominium garage’s green roof using Omni Infinity Media serves the building’s residential community as an amenity space and simultaneously functions as a stormwater retention BMP, capturing all runoff from the adjacent five-story residence.

    bunker hill

  • The publicly accessible green roof includes large cast-in-place curb planters filled with Omni Infinity Media to grow large trees, shrubs, and native perennials. The precise detailing on this project shows tress anchors, paver-to-green-roof transitions, irrigation guidance and more.

    university of chicago