Once you start roof gardening, it is hard to know when to stop. We’ve added a Japanese maple this summer and can always find room for a few more annual, but a whole mountain?! Fascinating.
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8 Jun
Vines and Ferns in a Bright Red Windowbox
Color and texture working together in this early summer window box in the West Village, NYC.
29 Mar
Would you put a sofa in your roof garden?
This Catalina sofa looks like an indoor piece, but is designed for water drainage with Sunbrella fabric and mildew resistant foam. Total urban outdoor indulgence on sale for $2699.00 at Crate & Barrel.
28 Mar
Cooler Totes at Land’s End
We renovated our kitchen this fall. We added a big ice maker right at the foot of the stairs to our roof garden. Even if we have margaritas for a dozen guests or serve beer by the case (or kegger!), we shouldn’t run out of ice.
What we haven’t figured out how to get the ice up to the roof yet. Traditional coolers seem bulky and hard to store, so I’ve got my eye on these cooler totes from Land’s End. Today it is on sale for $35.60. The garden tote is part of the sale too.
25 Feb
Our new Adirondack chairs
We’re off to Philadelphia for the Flower Show on Saturday. We consider it the start of our roof gardening season.
This photo shows the Loll Adirondack chairs I gave RP for Christmas. They are so sturdy and even have their own beer bottle openers in the arms. I can’t wait to kick back there and watch the roses.
4 Jan
Ready to Buy a Roof Garden Of Your Own?
Here’s two properties with inspiring terraces available in beautiful Brownstone Brooklyn. Both are within walking distance of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
First up is this one bedroom in Crown Heights with a 248 square foot private terrace.
If you’re ready to park your plants someplace posh, check out this two bedroom in a new building in Park Slope. With over 1,000 square feet stretched across two terraces, there’s almost as much private outdoor space as indoor space.
19 Aug
Tropical Urn in the Traditional Park Slope
Tropical plants seem to be trending this summer. I like this single plant arrangement in front of a Brooklyn brownstone.
12 Aug
Mantis in the Mallow
We bought this tall unwieldy mallow at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden plant sale. It was covered in over the top pink flowers and had that wild English garden look we love. We hauled it back to our roof garden, not knowing what to expect.
It has been blooming every couple of weeks all summer, disguising an ugly chimney. I just found out it has also become the home of this preying mantis!
We’ve had many more critters this summer. I didn’t like the ants crawling down into then kitchen in the spring, and we don’t like the crunchy huge black flying bugs that come out with the sun comes down and the wine comes out, but we’ve mostly had bees and butterflies, even bats and dragon flies.
10 Jul
My Favorite Tree Pit: Begonias and Ferns
Tree pits are all about shade lovers. How smart to rely on foliage for texture and color.
I snapped this last summer in the West Village and just found the image on my phone today.
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