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]. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘inspiration’
9 Apr
Use CB2′s maze to create a simple green wall
We love the cover of the new CB2 catalog. Since when are guys shown gardening on the cover of a national catalog? Isn’t it cool how they use this metal maze wall hanging thing as a way to create a simple green wall effect, using air plants and succulents. We like the CB2 Julep rocker [...]
26 Mar
Roof Gardens of the Rich and Famous
Take a minute to oggle these elegant New York City roof gardens photos. As you start planning your roof garden, you might take some inspiration from these elegant Manhattan roof gardens. Image: Jwilly via Apartment Therapy
4 Nov
Gaze at a Brooklyn Green Roof
We’re wrapping it up on our roof garden. R* took the umbrella down last weekend; think he put it under the bed. This weekend, we’re going to cover the rose bushes, pull the annual herbs, and stack up the chairs. So long to our first summer of gardening. This winter, we’re planning to stay energized [...]
14 Oct
A Roof Garden in Mexico
There’s a short piece about a roof garden in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in the online real estate section of the New York Times. Check it out. Image: NYTimes.com
16 Sep
Terrace and Roof Gardens in Rome
R* and I have been back from vacation in Rome and the Greek Islands for a little over a week. We’re downloading our photos and reflecting on all that we saw. We discovered that Rome must be the urban container gardening center of the world. R* and I spent a week wondering through Rome and [...]
11 Aug
Roof Gardeners, Meet the Raft Gardeners
Here’s some enchanting inspiration via Apartment Therapy. Even those of us who lack lakes can get some stylish small space gardening ideas from the Landskrona, Sweden Garden Guild’s contest. image: Skona Hem via Apartment Therapy
26 Jul
Our Favorite Brownstone Stoop Container Garden
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 [...]
3 Jul
Tour Gayla’s Toronto Roof Garden
Ready for more great roof garden photos? Gayla from You Grow Girl just posted her June roof garden tour.
26 Jun
M and P’s Jersey City Roof Garden with Tomatoes and Koi
Take a look around the Jersey City roof garden M & P share with their dog Caruso. There’s a couple of firsts here: we’ve never seen roof garden tomato plants this huge . . . and we’ve never seen a rooftop water garden before. M’s morning glory vines are climbing a rope trellis he made. [...]
