{"id":155,"date":"2011-07-25T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/sixty-square-feet-inspiration\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T11:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:33:42","slug":"sixty-square-feet-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/sixty-square-feet-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixty Square Feet of Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"center caption\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/static\/resident_planter.jfif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Randall Robinson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&rsquo;s been almost a month since we last mentioned PWD&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phillywatersheds.org\/green-roof-bus-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green roof bus shelter<\/a> at 15th and Market, and now that the novelty has died down, you might be wondering what all the fuss was about. After all, it&rsquo;s only 60 square feet of green roof\u2014how much of a difference can it really make? The bus shelter was meant to demonstrate that it&rsquo;s possible to green even small spaces, and to inspire Philadelphia residents to undertake their own green projects at home.<\/p>\n<p>PWD recently received the photo above from a West Philly homeowner. Her <a href=\"http:\/\/phillywatersheds.org\/whats_in_it_for_you\/residents\/downspout-planters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downspout planter<\/a> not only helps keep our streams and rivers clean by capturing stormwater runoff from her roof, it&rsquo;s also a beautiful addition to her home, planted with daylilies, iris, oat grass, red flame grass and perennial pea.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/phillywatersheds.org\/residents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Residents<\/a> page for green project ideas for your home, including how-tos and helpful guides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s been almost a month since we last mentioned PWD&rsquo;s green roof bus shelter at 15th and Market, and now that the novelty has died down, you might be wondering what all the fuss was about. After all, it&rsquo;s only 60 square feet of green roof\u2014how much of a difference can it really make?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[71,75,99],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-photos","tag-project-update","tag-tips-and-how-to","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/sixty-square-feet-inspiration\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Sixty Square Feet of Inspiration","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/sixty-square-feet-inspiration\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/sixty-square-feet-inspiration\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Community","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["photos","project update","tips and how-to"],"dateCreated":"2011-07-25T13:15:00Z","datePublished":"2011-07-25T13:15:00Z","dateModified":"2023-01-13T16:33:42Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Sixty Square Feet of Inspiration\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/sixty-square-feet-inspiration\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/sixty-square-feet-inspiration\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Community\",\"author\":[],\"creator\":[],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"@PhillyH2O Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"photos\",\"project update\",\"tips and how-to\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2011-07-25T13:15:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-25T13:15:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-13T16:33:42Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/phila.gov\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}