Archive for the ‘Spring 2010’ Category
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
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 great. In the Garden on LoHud.com has all the details. This will be our first sale, so R* and I are really looking forward to it.
“Dedicated to helping local urbanites improve their gardens while making the city greener, the two-day Plant Sale offers both indoor and outdoor plants, including a vast selection of perennials, shrubs, trees, and vines; herbs and vegetables, including heirloom varieties; exotic tropicals; native plants; hanging baskets; orchids; “collector’s corners” of rare and unusual annuals; and much more.”
Brooklyn Botanic Garden members are invited to a Members-Only Preview Sale will be held on Tuesday, May 4, from 4:30 to 8 p.m.
Check out the Flatbush Gardener for a look at last year’s sale.
Image: FlatbushGardener
22 Mar
The Vertical Garden
The Vertical Garden ($30 + shipping) creates nine planting areas, stacked on three levels. We found it at the Philadelphia Flower Show and liked how the triple stack of pots is water and space efficient. R* and I are interested in hearing what you think about the “taste level” of this Vertical Garden. The Vertical Garden also includes a hanging chain.
We bought one to test, but it seems a little cheap looking to us and it doesn’t seem to show off the plants very well. The Stack and Grow planter from the old Smith & Hawken certainly was more classy looking.
21 Mar
Small Space Garden Inspiration from the Philadelphia Flower Show
A few weeks ago, we snuck away to Philadelphia for the day to visit the Philadelphia Flower Show. The show was stunning, but honestly we were hoping for more inspiration and ideas for urban small space gardeners. This stand from the Mid Atlantic Horticultural Therapy Network stood out to us. They suggested looking for discarded stairs and turning them into a vertical garden with room for multiple window boxes.
20 Mar
Stoop Sighting: First Flowers on Park Place
Today is the first day of spring!
We don’t know the name of this plant (do you?), but we love how this bush brightens this Brooklyn brownstone stoop.
Brooklyn Roof Garden 