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Carroll Gardens, Rooftop Garden Design

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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Customized Outdoor Living in Midtown

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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UWS Roof Garden with Custom Planters

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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