The Brenton Arboretum Pavilion

The Pavilion Grows a Green Roof

The roof of the pavilion was designed to hold 5 inches of soil, a drainage system and thousands of plants; sedums, wildflowers and grasses. Referred to as a green roof, this new type of roof system reduces urban pollution and provides thermal insulation. The Brenton Arboretum Pavilion, with its curved shape and smaller size, allows visitors a good look at a green roof and the hardy plants up on top.

Open to the Public

The new pavilion provides a place for visitors to meet with friends and family, have a picnic, watch birds or wait out a passing rain shower. The pavilion is open to visitors unless reserved for private or Arboretum events.

Reserving the Pavilion

You may reserve the pavilion for family gatherings, picnics and other private events. You must be a member of the Brenton Arboretum to reserve the Pavilion and visitors are invited to become members at any time.

Eight large cedar tables with 16 benches are provided. Full sized screens can be rolled down to protect events from wind or rain. The pavilion can be rented for a half or a whole day. Please contact the Arboretum office for rental fees and other information.

Please follow these guidelines when using the Pavilion:

• Please leave the pavilion as you found it; clean and organized.
• Please take your trash with you, no trash cans are provided.
• No nails, staples or tape on tables, fixtures or fireplace.
• The fireplace is for special events only. No other fires or portable grills are allowed.

To reserve the Green Roof Pavilion, contact the Arboretum by phone at 515-992-4211 or email:

Plan for Green Roof Construction

Plants on the Pavilion Roof

Believing in the restorative and therapeutic benefits of planting wildflowers and grasses anywhere, the roof of the pavilion was designed to hold 5 inches of soil, a drainage system and thousands of plants. Referred to as a green roof, this new type of roof system is recognized as an answer to a number of urban pollution problems. These green roofs reduce urban heat islands and storm water runoff. They also reduce energy use by insulating buildings from extreme temperatures. Please contact the arboretum if you need more information

Sedums

• Jelly Bean Sedum, White Stonecrop
• Blue Spruce Sedum, Spruce-leaved Stonecrop
• Six Sided Sedum, Tasteless Stonecrop
• Lanceleaf Sedum, Lanceleaf Stonecrop
• Dragon’s Blood™ Sedum, Two-row Stonecrop

Grasses

• Little Bluestem
• Sideoats Grama
• Blue Grama
• Tall Dropseed
• Prairie Dropseed

Flowers

• Nodding Wild Onion
• Pale Purple Coneflower
• Black-Eyed Susan
• Golden Alexanders
• Sky-blue Aster
• Silky Aster
• Ohio Spiderwort
• Prairie Phlox
• Prairie Alumroot
• Wild Bergamot
• Rough Blazing Star
• White Camass
• Anise Hyssop
• Wild Petunia
• Old Field Goldenrod
• Orange Coneflower