Dagmar Hungerford's new green roofs were inspired by goats. "My husband and I were on our honeymoon in 1971, driving our Volkswagen beetle from Nanaimo to Long Beach," she recalls. "In Coombs we stopped beside this general store with a pitched roof. It had green grass and wildflowers growing all over it, and standing right on the roof were two goats. The whole image just struck me -- it was a magical moment, a bit of mystery and surprise." The general store was The Old Country Market, which thirty years later still sports both green roof and goats. Along with early Hornby Island experiments by Arthur Erickson and Blue Sky Architecture, it is, by sheer exposure, probably one of the most influential green roofs in B.C. Time flies, and the rustic origins of green roofs in B.C. have since mingled with Japanese and European design innovations. Ms. Hungerford and her husband now own two houses with green roofs -- quite a bit more sophisticated than their early-seventies ancestors in West Point Grey.