We’re looking for a few new containers to spice up our collection. I love the selection at Jayson Home and Garden in Chicago. Take a look. I’ve visited Jayson Home and Garden twice on trips to Chicago and pushed mail order from them as well. I highly recommend them. A friend from Apartment Therapy also [...]
Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
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 [...]
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 [...]
23 Mar
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Plant Sale — Coming in May!
We’re looking forward to loading up our roof garden with plants from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden plant sale on May 5 and 6. Last summer we hauled in plants from all over Brooklyn and Manhattan . . . but the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is only a few blocks from our apartment so this will be [...]
17 Jul
Lee Valley Sale, or Why I Bought a $72 Watering Can
Lee Valley is running free shipping sale through this weekend. Good thing too — our nasty neighbor has decided that we cannot use the hose on the roof anymore, so we ordered another large Haws’ watering can. Without access to the hose, we’ve been making double and triple trips down to our apartment to fill [...]
