Garden Makeover in Carroll Gardens
Here’s a homegrown story with a happy ending. A reader whose yard looked like the before shot (at right) complete with pool, when he purchased it wanted a slightly different look so he turned to Chuck Dorr of Dig Gardens on Atlantic Avenue, whom he found on a Brownstoner thread. “I already can see the…
Here’s a homegrown story with a happy ending. A reader whose yard looked like the before shot (at right) complete with pool, when he purchased it wanted a slightly different look so he turned to Chuck Dorr of Dig Gardens on Atlantic Avenue, whom he found on a Brownstoner thread. “I already can see the angry posts about ‘why on earth did you ruin the nice pool and put in a damn garden!’,” writes the reader, “but I can handle it.”
While I love the look of the redo I think every July I’d be regretting not having worked the pool into the new garden somehow.
Oh, that’s lovely.
And great example of how foliage itself can anchor a garden, that if you think about the foliage in addition to flowers, then you don’t have to wait for big shows to have your garden at its best. Nice.
Size of lawn vs a border like this is always a hard question. I think they did a good job of making quite a narrow border without it feeling skimpy.
I’d take the new yard over the old one anyday.
And thankfully no lame little dollhouse path winding through the middle of the yard . . . those “walkways” really bug me.
If I had a back yard, I would build my fence 12 feet tall and put a roof on it!
Probably correct, Putnam…I don’t know why anyone would complain but this is NYC and whenever there’s a busy body with time on their hands there’s going to be issues. LOL
I am not sure that is true about the fence, btw. It is just that many of us prefer taller fences and just don’t complain.
To me they both look nice, with very different purposes. I’ve been trying to keep my grass growing – this year is looking better (fingers-crossed). So for me maybe best would be a little more hardscape, much less grass and some larger planting areas. But it looks lovely. I am sure you are enjoying it. (I do fantasy invading my neighbor’s neglected backyard and installing a pool there!)
Hmmm, I think I would have considered perhaps a combination garden / wading pool if space permitted, but nonetheless, the after looks wonderful. Great job.
As a sidenote, I had a pool at my last home before moving to New York and the worst part was occasionally finding dead animals (squirrels, mice, etc.) in it. I can only imagine what one would find in their pools in New York!
This also should answer a common fence question. A SOLID fence can only be 6′ high but it can be higher if it’s not solid, i.e. latticework.