Daffodils popping up in the Brownstone Brooklyn usually mean spring is here, but it is only January! I expect we’ll have a couple big snow storms and a cold snap before spring. What will happen to the daffodils?
Archive for the ‘Summer 2009’ Category
24 Jan
I’m Going Over The Top Italian!
I’m digging these zap of colors from these planters at HomeGoods in Chicago. Kinda fluorescent Tuscan or something?
4 Sep
Pipe Music to your Roof Garden?
Do you pump jams up to your roof garden? We talked about it for two summers, but never tackled the challenge. This summer, we’ve been loving the wireless Jawbone Jambox on the roof. We send music to it wirelessly via Bluetooth from out iPhone. I happened to see this display of white W Hotel looking [...]
15 May
Golden Chain tree!
This West Village tree just took my breath away as I crossed the corner. Isn’t it amazing? It gives me springy hope to do inspired small-space gardens too. The helpful sign posted under it said, “I’m a Golden Chain tree.” And such a pretty one too!
8 May
Help: Plants for our stoop containers
We’re not just roof gardeners. We’re working on our co-op’s stoop and tree pit plantings too. Last fall, we put these small evergreens in. Now I think we need a little something for under the trees. It will need to be small, sturdy, and pretty unobjectionable to all the neighbors. We’re going to water them, [...]
15 Apr
Tulips in the Tree Pit, Brooklyn Style
Tree pit gardening is tough on my Brooklyn block. If the dog pee doesn’t get ya, the flower pickers might. Congratulations to this Brooklyn gardener for a beautiful springtime display.
13 Apr
Spring Inspiration: String Gardens
Such a stunning concept. Yeah, yeah, I know. Unfortunately, this is not the most practical concept for a roof garden. Under the blazing August sun, you’d need to water these every five minutes. Still, this photos and the others on stringgardens.com are perfect inspiration on a cold, gray morning in Brooklyn [discovered via Apartment Therapy]. [...]
29 Sep
Garden Going In at Crosby Street Hotel
The “spacious leafy courtyard garden” is going in today at the Crosby Street Hotel. The taller metal pots seems to have been inspired by garbage cans, but I like them. Nice contrast between the rough carved wooden low planters and the cooler black metal.
