We finally snapped a picture of my favorite Brooklyn brownstone stoop gardens this afternoon. This brownstone planter is simple — just two plants — and elegant. The plants take advantage of their location; passers buy look up into the grass and little blue flowers. If this planting was viewed at ground level, the little flowers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘brooklyn’
20 Jul
A Rooftop and Terrace Vegetable Garden in Brooklyn
Mapleton-Bklyn is an amazing diary of a hard working, first year Brooklyn vegetable garden. Check out the variety of things Chris is growing over there — even dino kale! Chris speaks honestly about the hassle (“it would be nice not to have the apartment look like a construction site.”) and joy of growing in Brooklyn [...]
13 Jul
Brooklyn Apartment Window Box
Happy Monday! We walk past these window boxes every morning on the way to work and wanted to share them this morning. These Brooklyn window boxes hold piles of petunias, a bleeding heart bush, and some pansies peaking out too. We’re inspired by how big these window boxes are and by how much dimension they [...]
7 Jul
S and D’s Roof Garden Tomatoes Are Fruiting
Now that we finally have some warm sunny days, S and D’s Brooklyn roof garden is really taking off. The best part: their tomatoes now have fruit on them. They grew all these tomato plants from seed! Here’s pictures of their roof garden that we posted at the beginning of the season. If you have [...]
26 Jun
Chris and Diana’s Red Hook Rooftop
Check out this roof garden in Red Hook, Brooklyn on Apartment Therapy. Diana and Chris built the furniture with palette wood scavenged from the streets of their neighborhood. Image: Apartment Therapy
25 Jun
Blackbook’s Brownstone Brooklyn Stoop Garden
No roof access? No excuses. Why not plant a garden on your stoop … or windowsill … or the tree well in front of your building. Scrounge up some space this summer. But before you get started, check Blackbook for sage urban gardening advice. #10 is the best: Spend the extra couple of bucks on [...]
24 Jun
Willow Street Wonder . . . Stunning Brooklyn Rooftop Garden Photos
Our friends on Willow Street in Brooklyn Heights sent us some pictures from their spectacular roof garden. Pretty amazing! Thanks for the pictures, CQ! Send more soon! More rooftop garden pictures: Gardening in the Sky photos The Roof Garden at the Caledonia Images: CQ
15 Jun
Roof Garden . . . with Tomatoes and Kitten
S and D are growing a bunch of tomatoes, herbs and some flowers in their roof garden in Greenpoint. Count on their cat Nico to keep the squirrels away. Earlier this week, D pinched back the suckers on their tomato plants and the first blooms are showing up on their tomato vines. Can’t wait to [...]
12 Jun
Sun and Roses in this Brooklyn Roof Garden
Jeffreywithtwof captured this packed Brooklyn roof garden. Check it out: windowboxes with hanging planters on top, plus rose bushes plus that sunny umbrella. The summer sun’s calling my name … Also check out our photo of Gardening in the Sky. Image: Flickr from Jefferywithtwof, used with permission
