Extensive Green Roofs

Omni Infinity Media can be used to grow flourishing, biodiverse extensive green roofs from seed within weeks.

Combining Omni Infinity Media with the Omni Meadow Seed Mix delivers a no-nonsense, economical, shelf-stable ecosystem on extensive green roofs & on-ground landscapes.

  • The Omni Meadow Seed Mix features more than 30 carefully selected species, chosen for their functionality, intrinsic beauty, and ability to foster biodiversity. Research shows that biodiverse plantings (e.g. grasses and wildflowers versus sedum monoculture) manage more stormwater.

  • Omni Infinity Media’s BIO delivers more than 1,500 species of microbes, jump starting soil ecosystems development once installed and can be stored & staged just like other roofing materials.

  • Omni Meadow is surprisingly easy to maintain. Weed control lessens as the meadow matures, plant species naturally find where they are happiest, succession patterns develop, and in time the meadow is a vibrant habitat with a broad diversity of species.

By combining our seeds & growth media, a biodiverse, lush, native meadow is available nationwide on your schedule.

  • This 25,000 sf Omni Meadow, installed on a 1:12 sloped roof with 5”-deep Omni Infinity Media, grew rapidly in its first two months, with heavy blooming and sunflowers reaching nine feet tall.

    University of Hartford

  • McCollum/McArthur Hall at Harvard Business School’s Omni Meadow fosters diverse native plantings and pollinator habitat - in addition to bountiful radish harvests used in the cafeteria.

    harvard business school

  • Monarch butterflies have been seen nectaring on plants in the 20th floor meadow—the highest story Omni has seen monarchs on any of our projects.

    800 w fulton market

  • The public TV & radio station in Indianapolis needed a quick establishing, tall plants to help soften the noise of rain on their recording studio roof. With the lightweight Omni Meadow, they got a lush, 3’-tall meadow in 2 months.

    WFYI

  • Native wildflowers crown nearly a half-acre of McDonald’s corporate headquarters. The lush ecosystem provides habitat to butterflies and other pollinators above Chicago’s bustling West Loop neighborhood.

    McDonald's Headquarters

  • 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

  • Studio Gang Architect’s Chicago headquarters envisioned a nearly 100-year-old structure topped with a native prairie. After a first-of-its-kind rooftop wheat harvest, the Omni Meadow at Studio Gang has achieved a Floristic Quality Inventory of a High Quality Natural Area.

    studio gang

  • Omni Infinity Media is used to create a lightweight, food-producing vegetative roof assembly atop an ADA-accessible table.

    Stevenson High School

  • In as little as 4”-deep Omni Infinity Media, this green roof creates native meadow habitat on steep slopes & rolling topography.

    Fulton West

  • The 3” deep Omni Meadow proves that deep-rooted prairie plants can be successfully grown to maturity in a shallow extensive vegetative assembly. After a few years of plant community succession, native plants outcompeted nurse species with Purple Coneflower, Switchgrass, and Wild Bergamot.

    Abt Electronics

  • Omni’s 10,000-sf green roof includes about 4,000-sf of wildflower meadow that’s become home to hummingbirds, monarch butterflies, and many other pollinators.

    Omni Ecosystems HQ