Backyard Garden

Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Custom Patio

This Clinton Hill, Brooklyn patio features custom-built wood planters, concrete-blend pavers, and a sunken deck-level planter filled with polished river stones and variegated irises.  When I arrived at the initial consultation with the client, she said she was unhappy with the awkward existing layout, and the existing deck tiles were unattractive and uneven. We ripped …

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Boerum Hill, Brooklyn: A Contemporary Townhouse Garden

This contemporary Boerum Hill, Brooklyn backyard features a horizontal ipe (pronounced ee-pay) fence, bluestone patio, artificial turf, and a neatly lined row of hornbeam trees.  Artificial turf has come a long way in recent years and is much more realistic looking than it used to be.  For urban yards that are often shaded by trees, …

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Brooklyn Townhouse: A Contemporary Backyard with a Tin-Roof Pergola

This Boerum Hill, Brooklyn backyard features a cedar pergola with a tin roof. The owner of this townhouse is a Texas native, and she missed the sound of rain on the tin roofs there, so this design gave her a little comforting reminder of home. The biggest challenge to designing this space was figuring out …

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