I usually think of wild, dense plantings as looking oldy-worldy, but check out this punchy modern Brooklyn roof garden. This garden is part of Flavor Paper’s new live-work space. Head to New York magazine for more (via Apartment Therapy).
Posts Tagged ‘roof garden’
27 Jul
David and Esme’s Bushwick Roof Garden
Fest your eyes on Esme and David’s amazing Bushwick, Brooklyn roof garden and visit their Flickr page to get the full tour. This is their first year as roof gardeners. They live on the top floor of their building and run a hose up from their kitchen sink to water. They use self-watering containers and [...]
29 May
Tips On Buying An Apartment With Outdor Space
They New York Times tell us: “For those who want their own place in the sun, apartments with private patios, terraces, balconies and roof decks are to be found all over the city. But the supply is, like summer itself, on the short side, and brokers say that buyers should expect to pay a premium.” [...]
17 May
Loll Designs Sale @ Gilt Home
We’d love to upgrade our roof garden furniture. We’d swap out the plastic Adirondacks a la Target to these beauties from Loll. They are on sale until tomorrow night at Gilt Home: $365, marked down from $520. Loll’s outdoor garden furniture is made in the USA from 100% recycled plastic.
15 May
Trying to Save Our Sempervivum: Succulent Garden
There were amazing sempervivums and sedums at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden plant sale. I decided I could create one a succulent dish gardens inspired by a Deborah Lee Baldwin’s new book: Succulent Container Gardens. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any of the other items I needed when I bought the plants. It took me two weeks [...]
12 May
Creating a Full-Sun Hanging Basket for Our Brooklyn Roof Garden
The hanging basket on our roof garden faces some big challenges. The hanging basket has to be able to withstand strong gusts of wind and direct, drying sunlight for most of the day. Last summer we went through three different hanging baskets. The lantana performed the best, so we knew we’d make lantna the center [...]
8 May
Roof Garden: Vines By Design
Our big goal for the roof garden this summer is to make it more lush and enclosed feeling. Less pots on a tarmac, more slice of drough-tolerant Eden in Brooklyn — something like that. At the start of the season, we added three small trees for structure. Today’s project is to add some vines, inspired [...]
1 May
Urban Farming From New York City to London
There’s an urban farming trend alert in the T Style magazine this weekend (click View Full Magazine, jump to page 19). I like this photo, but learned more from a similarly themed urban roof gardening piece in the Financial Times. The FT piece also introduced me to the excellent London Terrace Garden blog.
17 Apr
Adding three shrubs to our roof garden
We went to Chelsea Garden Center in Red Hook, Brooklyn this afternoon. Our mission was to pick out two or three small trees. R* wanted the shrubs to give our little roof garden height and definition, plus a sense of seperation. $170 plus cabs later, we ended up with two Emerald Green Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis [...]
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
