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Tag Archives: Rebecca Cole
The Outsider: Oversized Roof Terrace in Williamsburg
MY LAST GARDEN COLUMN TODAY for Brownstoner, and I wanted to go out with a bang. It’s a spectacular 4,000-square-foot rooftop woodland/meadow, all in containers, by garden designer Rebecca Cole. You must see this…and you can, right here.
GARDEN VOYEUR: Williamsburg Rooftop
This post is adapted from an article I wrote that appears in the current issue of Garden Design magazine. These are my own scouting shots, taken a year ago this month. THE VIEW FROM THIS 4,000 SQUARE FOOT ROOFTOP TERRACE … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged birches, clump birch, coreopsis, echinacea, evergreens, garden, Garden Design magazine, garden designer, infinity pools, LANDSCAPING, nepeta, perennials, Rebecca Cole, red maple, roof terrace, rooftop, rudbeckie, Russian sage, salvia, sedum carpets, sempervivum, spirea, urban woodland, Williamsburg
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Container Culture
THERE’S REALLY NOTHING you can’t grow in containers, provided the container is big enough — trees, shrubs, grasses, bulbs, perennials, annuals. So, if you happen to have a 4,600 square foot rooftop terrace like the one above and below, atop … Continue reading
Posted in AMSTERDAM, BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged annuals, arborvitae, birch trees, canna, coleus, container planting, dianthus, evergreens, hosta, impatiens, Japanese blood grass, Japanese maple, lilies, Mary-Liz Campbell, perennials, Rebecca Cole, rooftop terrace, rudbeckia, sedum, sweet potato vine, Williamsburg
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BROWNSTONE VOYEUR: Prospect Heights Fun House
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BROWNSTONE VOYEUR is a joint project of casaCARA and Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, taking you behind Brooklyn’s intriguing facades to see what’s inside. Look for it every Thursday on both sites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REBECCA COLE, a well-known, Manhattan-based garden … Continue reading
