Selected projects

City gardens,
made personal.

A selection of Brooklyn and Manhattan gardens shaped around architecture, nature, and the lives of the people who call them home.

Manhattan

Harlem Backyard

A compact backyard organized as a sequence of outdoor rooms for cooking, dining, lounging, and gathering after dark.

Pergola · Outdoor kitchen · Planting

Harlem backyard with a sloped wood pergola, outdoor kitchen, dining table, and hanging chair

Layered view across the Harlem backyard garden room

Harlem backyard pergola and seating illuminated in the evening

Custom wood outdoor kitchen with a pale stone counter

Colorful rear terrace and planting in the Harlem backyard

Brooklyn

Carroll Gardens Rooftop

A generous rooftop divided into distinct places to cook, dine, lounge, and move through richly layered planting.

Garden rooms · Custom planters · Dining

Carroll Gardens rooftop lounge surrounded by layered planters

Aerial view showing the rooftop's connected garden rooms

Rooftop paths, planters, and outdoor cooking area

Custom wood outdoor kitchen and storage on the rooftop

Dining area beneath a blue canopy with integrated perimeter planting

Brooklyn

Cobble Hill Backyard

Warm cedar, precise masonry, built-in furniture, and soft planting turn a narrow brownstone lot into a calm retreat.

Cedar enclosure · Pergola · Built-in seating

Cobble Hill backyard with cedar walls, steps, planting, and a shaded pergola

Aerial view of the long Cobble Hill backyard and its garden rooms

Cedar pergola and built-in bench at the rear of the garden

Custom built-in seat and decorative privacy panel beside the garden steps

Floating cedar garden bench surrounded by soft green planting

Brooklyn

Borough Park Rooftop

Strong Corten curves, a linear pergola, sheltered seating, and lush rooftop planting shape a garden with architectural presence.

Corten geometry · Pergola · Fire

Borough Park rooftop garden with Corten fireplace, curved seating, lawn, and planting

Glass-walled rooftop walkway framed by Corten planters and a wood pergola

Curved Corten seating and fireplace surrounded by rooftop planting

Linear pergola casting shadows across the rooftop garden

Close view of the wood and steel pergola structure against a blue sky

Brooklyn

Boerum Hill Pool Garden

A compact Brooklyn backyard reimagined around an exercise pool, with warm cedar enclosure, sculptural planting, and quiet places to sit at the water’s edge.

Exercise pool · Cedar screening · Planting

Boerum Hill garden with an exercise pool, cedar screening, built-in seating, and layered planting

Exercise pool framed by pale paving, warm cedar, and clipped evergreen planting

Boerum Hill garden room with cedar walls, poolside seating, and tree canopy

Layered planting and built-in cedar seating beside the exercise pool

Brooklyn

Carroll Gardens Townhouse

A linear townhouse courtyard softened by a generous curve, where custom seating, warm weathered steel, and richly textured planting create a room-like garden.

Curved seating · Corten planters · Ipe steps

Carroll Gardens townhouse courtyard with layered planting, pale stone paving, and weathered steel planters

Layered Carroll Gardens planting with clipped boxwood, purple asters, golden grasses, and silver foliage

Curved black bench integrated into a Corten steel planter with ferns and textured planting

Ipe steps and integrated grass planter beneath the townhouse stair

Brooklyn

Park Slope

A deeply planted city garden arranged as a sequence of rooms, where Corten steps lead to an Ipe-lined lounge centered on a sculptural fire table.

Built-in seating · Corten steps · Fire

Park Slope garden lounge with Ipe seating, a concrete fire table, layered planting, and pale stone paving

Wide view of the Park Slope garden room framed by bamboo, Japanese maple, and a slatted wood screen

Intimate built-in Ipe seating framed by ornamental grasses, maple foliage, and flowering shrubs

Corten steel garden steps rising through bamboo and ornamental grasses

Park Slope garden lounge illuminated at dusk around a glowing fire table

Brooklyn

Williamsburg Rooftop

A Williamsburg rooftop arranged as a sequence of sheltered rooms, where warm Ipe screens, integrated cooking and dining, structured planting, and evening light turn an exposed roof into a private retreat.

Custom Ipe screens · Outdoor kitchen · Rooftop planting

Williamsburg rooftop with a shaded dining room, Ipe enclosure, and structured perimeter planting

Outdoor dining table beneath a retractable rooftop canopy

Purple verbena rising through clipped evergreen and layered rooftop planting

Custom gray planters with trees, grasses, and flowering perennials beside the outdoor kitchen

Rooftop lounge framed by Ipe screening, evergreen planting, and Manhattan views

Warm Ipe enclosure dividing the dining and lounging rooms on the Williamsburg rooftop

Layered foliage planting beneath the rooftop structure

Sun terrace with chaise lounges, a sculptural pine, and an Ipe privacy wall

Airy pink heuchera flowers floating above burgundy foliage

Custom Ipe outdoor kitchen with stainless-steel counters and storage

Outdoor kitchen detail beneath the retractable canopy

Open rooftop lounge surrounded by integrated planters and built-in Ipe seating

Sculptural pine and ornamental grasses against the Williamsburg skyline

Summer flowers and grasses bringing color to a rooftop planter

Ipe enclosure illuminated by architectural sconces at night

Evening view of the illuminated Ipe privacy screen and rooftop planting

Brooklyn

Park Slope Tenth Street

A lush family garden shaped around an existing mature tree, with a free-form play lawn, flowing stone paths, custom seating, and layered planting that feels immersive from morning through evening.

Curved play lawn · Tree deck · Garden lighting

Aerial view of a lush Park Slope family garden with a curved play lawn, stone paths, and layered planting

Curved lawn and flowing stone paths framed by dense planting in a Park Slope backyard

Low view across the free-form play lawn toward a custom tree deck and built-in seating

Curved wood deck wrapping an existing mature tree beside a weathered steel planter

Black slatted enclosure beneath the brownstone stair with a woven shade canopy above

Park Slope garden illuminated at night around the mature tree and curved lawn

Family play area with a soccer goal, curved lawn, layered planting, and integrated tree deck

Brooklyn

Midwood Backyard

A compact Midwood garden composed for relaxed family living, with a sculptural timber pergola, distinct dining and lounging rooms, a quiet water feature, and abundant planting softening the architecture.

Timber pergola · Water feature · Outdoor dining

Wide view of the Midwood backyard with outdoor dining, a central lawn, layered planting, and a timber pergola

Midwood garden room with a shaded lounge, water feature, central lawn, and dark privacy screening

Outdoor lounge beneath the geometric timber pergola in the Midwood backyard

Dining terrace beside a lushly planted wall and shaded lounge area

Outdoor dining table framed by layered planting, Corten steel planters, and dark wood screening

Minimal stone water feature set against clipped boxwood and charcoal wood screening

Retractable fabric shade above the water feature and structured evergreen planting

View across the dining area toward the lounge, pergola, and living green wall

Brooklyn

78th Street Garden

A generous family garden organized around play, entertaining, and an extraordinary mature tree, with a sculpted putting green, layered decks, hanging seats, climbing structures, and abundant planting woven through every level.

Putting green · Multi-level decks · Custom planting

Wide view of the 78th Street garden with a curved putting green, layered decks, climbing plants, and mature shade trees

Outdoor dining terrace beneath a large umbrella surrounded by integrated planters and layered foliage

Curved backyard putting green framed by lush planting and multi-level decking

Garden view toward broad deck steps, climbing frames, a putting green, and the mature central tree

Black steel climbing frame rising through lush vines beside the broad garden steps

Two hanging lounge chairs suspended beneath the mature tree on a secluded upper deck

Tiered deck and planter detail with colorful foliage, warm timber, and dark horizontal screening

Manhattan

Harlem Landmark Courtyard

A landmarked Harlem courtyard transformed into a richly planted outdoor room, where Corten steel, hand-laid stone, sculptural water, curved seating, and retractable shade bring warmth and intimacy to the historic setting.

Corten planters · Curved seating · Water feature