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The Outsider: Beauty and Bounty in Park Slope
LURKING ATOP a rooftop in Park Slope, unseen from the street, are 1,500 square feet of edible and ornamental plants — including many which are both — arrayed in zig-zag formation by Brooklyn-based garden designer Cynthia Gillis. It’s an impressive … Continue reading
The Outsider: Rooftop Farm in Bed-Stuy
A 500-SQUARE-FOOT VEGETABLE GARDEN six stories above Brooklyn is a whole lot of work, but Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader love all of it — even lugging jugs of water up stairs and waking at 6AM to pollinate pumpkin blossoms … Continue reading
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
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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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