This roof garden design Brooklyn is located in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood. The garden features custom-designed cedar planter boxes filled with a lush mix of junipers, maiden grass, arborvitaes, creeping Jenny, and purple coneflower. The plants are illuminated with black metal up-lights for a dramatic nighttime effect. Cedar is a rot-resistant wood that is an […]
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This Harlem rooftop garden is the perfect sanctuary for relaxing or entertaining. It features an ipe pergola with wisteria vines growing up the posts that will eventually cover the top in prolific spring blooms. Ipe (pronounced e-pay) is a hardwood with a 40+ year life expectancy. It can be oiled to bring out the rich
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Our friends at 2K Reviews have a lot of beginner gardening tips! Check it out! Make a seed planter with a stick and nails Insulate Your Pots Before Planting Seeds Make a sunlight concentrator with aluminum wrap Use vegetable water to feed plants. Great Plant Tonic! Water in the morning or the evening 50-50 water
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When I first visited this apartment building’s public courtyard in Battery Park City, it felt a bit outdated and disorganized. Our redesign included a new bluestone patio, cedar fencing, new tree wells with benches, updated plantings, and a custom stacked stone fountain. The fountain It features three waterfalls, a stacked stone facade, and a catch
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This contemporary rooftop garden in Midtown Manhattan features a custom-built outdoor kitchen and continuous custom-built wood planters made from ipe (pronounced e-pay), a hardwood with a 30-year life expectancy. We recommended this modular kitchen unit because it shipped in three separate pieces, which were easier to get in and out of tight Manhattan corridors and
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This Boerum Hill, Brooklyn rooftop terrace garden features a zinc fountain flanked by corten steel planters, custom-built ipe wood planters, bench seating, and a bed of Mexican beach stones. Many people enjoy outdoor fountains for the relaxing sound they provide, which can also help to drown out noises from A/C units or other jarring sounds
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This Boerum Hill, Brooklyn rooftop terrace features a custom-built outdoor kitchen and bar made with ipe (pronounced e-pay) wood and stacked stone facades, stainless steel appliances, and granite countertops, australian open schedule is solely dedicated to helping you. The kitchen includes a sink, refrigerator, storage cabinets, a gas grill, and a Big Green Egg charcoal
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This custom roof deck in NYC’s Flatiron District features a built-in pergola, benches with storage under the seats, and planters all made out of ipe (pronounced e-pay), a hardwood with a 30-year life expectancy. Pergolas can help define a space, add some drama and a focal point, as well as create a sense of intimacy
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This Upper West Side rooftop terrace design features ipe (pronounced e-pay) wood planter boxes and a built-in bench on top of a bluestone patio. The bench features built-in lighting. Plantings include boxwoods, a red Japanese weeping maple, maiden grasses, and a hydrangea. Pro Tips: Ipe is a hardwood with a 40+-year-life expectancy. It resists scratching
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PRO TIPS Care With Color When it comes to garden design in small spaces like this Brooklyn backyard, it’s a good idea to come up with a simple color palette of 3-5 colors. When you use those same colors over and over again in the design, the result is a cohesive, high impact, well
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