Patent ID: 8555546

Claim:
A method for installing a modular green roof system, comprising; providing a planter that includes a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls each having an upper edge and that cooperate with the bottom wall to form an interior space; providing a biodegradable insert that includes a plurality of sidewalls each having an upper edge and that cooperate to form an interior space of the insert; inserting the insert into the interior space of the planter such that the upper edge of the sidewalls of the insert extend upwardly from the upper edge of the sidewalls of the planter; placing and growing a plant matter within the interior space of the insert such that at least a portion of the plant matter extends upwardly from the upper edge of the plurality of sidewalls of the planter; positioning the planter proximate to at least one other planter such that the planter and the at least one other planter at least partially overlap one another; and allowing the insert to degrade from within the interior space of the planter such that the portion of the plant matter extending upwardly from the upper edge of the planter abut a portion of plant matter extending upwardly from an upper edge of the at least one other planter, wherein the step of providing the biodegradable insert includes providing the biodegradable insert with a bottom wall that cooperates with the plurality of sidewalls of the biodegradable insert to form the interior space of the insert.