Garden of the Day: Another Greenwood Heights Goodie
[nggallery id=”21258″ template=galleryview] The garden fun continues in Greenwood Heights today. From the horse’s mouth: Our backyard is a small courtyard which had a prison-yard vibe when we bought the place 4 years ago. We designed it ourselves hired some terrific guys to build it for us (ipe deck & cedar trellis) and have been…
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The garden fun continues in Greenwood Heights today. From the horse’s mouth:
Our backyard is a small courtyard which had a prison-yard vibe when we bought the place 4 years ago. We designed it ourselves hired some terrific guys to build it for us (ipe deck & cedar trellis) and have been working on the plantings ever since. It’s the perfect spot for bbq’s and outdoor movies. We also built a minimalist stucco flat roof shed/playhouse which is not pictured.
We’re loving this. Comfortable but modern.
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loved it in domino, and love it now. who did the construction of the fence etc?
there is room for every kind of style in the garden from mod to trad to cottage, but when i design a space even though i lean towards mod personally, the “style” really only matters to the folks who are using the garden and how they use it.
and anyone who wants just a “garden of flowers” is seriously missing out on the joys – yes – joys of foliage.
3:55 no one said they were trying to preserve the earth. people choose ipe because it’s durable compared to other woods. we don’t really care about brazil. funny to hear brazilians whining about people destroying their homeland. aren’t your cities full of homeless children that you’re countrymen just put out on the streets? you’ve got bigger shantytowns than nairobi and calcutta. maybe you should worry about your peole instead of your rain forests.
Sidebar comment: at least 80% of the people that bother to sign-in are complete a-holes and/or dorks:
denton
brendafromflatbush
biff champion
daveinbedstuy
…the list goes on and on.
and I’m not 5:33.
5:33, perils?
Interesting you can spell ‘swine’ correctly, but not ‘pearls’. Hmm…
Putting this level of work in brownstoner is casting perils at swine.
Beautiful work!
Have a wonderful summer
^^^ The buzz killer from Ipanema ^^^
Hate to bust your bubble but no Ipe is sustainable harvested. It is a scam. I am from Brazil, trust me, most of the wood comig out of there is fake certified. Wake up people, don’t fool yourselves into believing you are doing something good when you are not. It is like buying a hybrid SUV, you are still burning up fuel. I think you should have spared the trees, but it is too late now. You garden could have looked less sterile and you could have used stones.
On a side note, why did you cram all the little plants on the side, poor things.
Forest killers!!!
do you guys ever project movies in your backyard? That white wall looks FUN.
Love it.