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