Lawn installed on museum roof

After months of construction work , the landmark grass roof has been installed on the roof of the new Orange Regional Museum.

Staff members from Orange firm, Botanic Landscapes, were hard at work this week unrolling more than a thousand rolls of turf onto the specially-prepared roof.

In recent weeks, crews from Junglefy, the Sydney firm supervising the green roof project, installed the framework to hold the soil, before the 400 mm layer of dirt was added.

Then, Rene Reimers and his the team from Orange firm Botanic Landscapes stepped in to roll out the turf.

Twenty-four pallets of freshly-cut turf from Green Acres Turf in Bathurst was lifted by crane into the roof. Each pallet contained 50 rolls of turf which each cover around a square metre of grass.

Orange City Council Museum Community Committee Chair Cr Neil Jones said he’s excited to see the long-awaited grass in place.

“The grassed roof is one of the key aspects of the building that the people have of Orange have been talking about, and now local residents are very excited to see the turf installed,” Cr Neil Jones said.

“It’s the same blend of Tall Fescue and Kentucky Bluegrass that’s been installed on Parliament House in Canberra,” Cr Jones said.

Rene Reimers said he was pleased to be involved in this landmark project for Orange.

“As well as roll out the turf, we’ve pegged the grass down to help hold it in place while it gets established on the sloping section of the roof,” Rene Reimers said.

“The rolls of turf also help hold the grass together, fitting together like bricks.”

ROLL-OUT: Rene Reimers, from Orange firm Botanic Landscapes, roll out the turf onto the roof of the new Orange Regional Museum.