What a difference these custom planter boxes backed with bamboo fencing, some new furniture, and a power washing of the deck made! We recommend that people always use bamboo fencing made with canes that are around 1” thick to help prevent the likelihood of it ever bending or breaking under its own weight. This Cobble […]
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We designed this rooftop garden for a yoga studio on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The planters are filled with beautiful, sinuous Japanese maples that were hand-selected for grace and form. A soft green layer of moss tops all of the planters, adding a wonderful finishing texture evocative of a forest floor. The custom-built wood deck, planters,
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Yes, it really is possible to grow birch trees in containers, even on a Brooklyn rooftop! My clients are always amazed to hear how well these trees will do on their rooftops and terraces. Nothing compares to the white bark of Himalayan birch trees, which look beautiful at any time of year. Multi-stem trees tend
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Even a small space can become an inviting oasis with just the right planning and finishing touches. Our redesign of this rooftop terrace on Manhattan’s Upper East Side included brown bamboo roll fencing to cover an existing bland looking frosted glass divider (check out the before photo on our blog). We love the Huron Lounge
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We created the feeling of depth and abundance in this cozy rooftop terrace through the use of layered plantings and staggered heights of plants and planters. The client’s main objectives were to not make the terrace feel overly crowded and to avoid the hodge-podge effect she previously had with too many mismatched containers. We got
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The owner of this Brooklyn Heights rooftop terrace requested that we make the plantings feel soft, feminine, and lush with a traditional touch. We picked blue ceramic pots and spiral juniper topiaries as a nod to classic, Mediterranean-style gardens. Pink flowering crape myrtle trees bloom prolifically in the summer months. We’ve also incoporated lace cap
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This cozy rooftop terrace features spectacular skyline views, outdoor wicker seating, and brown metal planters filled with a lush planting mix. For the plantings, we chose a mix of evergreen alberta spruces, bamboo in a ceramic corner planter, purple plum trees, yellow everblooming Stella d’Oro daylilies, and red petunias. This particular terrace did not have
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We designed this rooftop deck in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood using a combination of bluestone pavers and ipe, a hardwood with a 30-year life expectancy. Since NYC’s Department of Buildings only allows 20% max of a total roof surface to be covered in wood, combining it with a non-flammable material like bluestone can be the perfect
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It’s amazing what a garden can do to turn a small space from bland to beautiful! Our redesign included grey fiberglass and aqua blue ceramic pots filled with arborvitaes, knockout roses, boxwoods, gold sweetflag grasses, and a red ‘Bloodgood’ Japanese maple. A centerpiece of this garden is the Restoration Hardware zinc fountain. All of the
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This Manhattan terrace garden design features a wood deck and wicker furniture with plantings of boxwood hedges, hornbeam and crape myrtle trees. When we first saw this space, it had a bunch of dead boxwoods that, unfortunately, hadn’t done well due to there not being a drip irrigation system installed. The client really loved the fact
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