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The Itinerant Urban Gardener
IT BEGAN when my daughter moved into a Prospect Heights brownstone with a struggling pine tree in a barrel out front. Each time I visited, I eyed the dead branches, wishing I could take a pruner to the thing and … Continue reading
Stretching the Season
A LOT OF PEOPLE (myself included) give up, somewhat, on window boxes and outdoor containers by the time November rolls around. Others keep going… like the owners of the swell Manhattan townhouse, above, who’ve created an arresting display with gourds … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged autumn, berries, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, brownstone, coleus, fall, fall containers, fall planting, gourds, MANHATTAN, mums, Prospect Heights, sweet potato vine, townhouse, window boxes
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Window Boxes Stretch the Season
I’M SHOWING YOU the window box, above, one of two attached to the front windows of my rental apartment in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, not because I’m so very proud of it — they’re rather pedestrian, not to mention lopsided, but out … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged bacopia, fall, impatiens, juncus, Prospect Heights, vinca, window boxes
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My Arty Brooklyn Window Boxes
After a week ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I PLANTED UP the two boxes attached to the front windows of my garden-level apartment in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and I’m pleased with how they turned out. I had planned to shop a … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged annuals, bacopa, Big Twister Rush, brownstone, flower boxes, hosta, impatiens, Juncus effusus, Minuteman, pansides, perennials, Prospect Heights, sedum angelina, variegated, vinca, Wide Brim, window box, window boxes
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Brooklyn Snapshots
Prospect Heights looking lush Cherry blossoms and brickwork, Prospect Heights High style on Columbia Heights, Brooklyn Heights Rope wrapped tree, Fourth Avenue, Boerum Hill A cornice too pretty for a boiler company, Fourth Avenue, Gowanus Window box show, Columbia Heights, … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, brownstones, Columbia Heights, Fourth Avenue, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, window boxes
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Brooklyn in Bloom
I CAME BACK TO BROOKLYN after a few days in East Hampton to find the place exploding — florally speaking, that is. Whereas the East End of Long Island is still brown and bleak, except for the relief of roadside … Continue reading
I Cheated with Annuals
MY NEW PLANTING BEDS – the ones at the front of my property, that started out last fall as piles of dead oak leaves, supplemented by topsoil and compost – are now almost as green as they are brown, with … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Ageratum Hawaii Blue, Agway, annuals, bedding schemes, begonia Bada Boom, Bridgehampton, Celosia Fresh Lookk Gold, containers, deer-resistant, Dusty Miller Silverdust, East Hampton, groundcovers, ipomoea, Marigold Durango Yellow, Marigold Sweet Cream, perennials, shade-tolerant, sweet potato vine, Victorian, window boxes, Wittendales
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