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THE FUNDRAISING Garden

For this project, our client asked for a rooftop garden fit to hold parties and fundraisers. As you can see in the photos below, we designed custom planters with built-in benches. 

Above is the VIP section of the roof. At the time the photo was taken, the plants had been installed but the benches were not quite complete.

Above is a view from inside the greenhouse looking out at the plants.

Above is a planter we planted in the style of a meadow. Above that, you'll see a custom painted green house and to the left, and in the photo below, a small but prominent vegetable garden. 

Growing in the vegetable garden we have corn, cabbage, squash, tomatoes and strawberries. 

From this angle of the roof, you can see the vegetable garden as well as the two meadows that divide the mean space of the roof and the backspace, which will be addressed in phase two of the project. To the left you can see more bench seating and below, you'll see the completed product. 

2017 Installments

Rooftop Display Garden

Prospect Park, Brooklyn 

For this project, we created two rooftop gardens as well as the front yard and tree pit which are shown below. Checkout the video below to get a tour of the other roof!

Street Tree Garden

Prospect Park, Brooklyn 

2016 Installments 

Children's Garden

Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

Intro

When neighbors collaborate, great things happen! The children's garden is a union of two backyards and families with the singular goal of enriching the lives of their children. Native NY Gardens took this opportunity to create a space where the families can grow their own food, have fun in their playhouse, and be surrounded by the beauty of native flora. 

Play house & vegetable Beds

An open-air play house and two vegetable beds are major components to this garden. They where designed to promote outdoor activities, imaginative games and introduce their children to the practice of growing food. 

emphasis on Nature

We love to see nature enrich the lives of children and watch children embrace nature as a source of inspiration. That is why we carefully selected plants that would attract pollinators all season long, sustaining local populations. We also installed bird houses, hand painted by the children for our feathered friends, but more importantly as a gesture to welcome wildlife to the garden and creatively celebrate the larger community of living species.

Rain Garden

A rain garden adjacent to the playhouse collects runoff and provides a dense habitat for visiting wildlife.  Perennials such as Joe-pye Weed, Marsh Mallow and New York Iron Weed will grow to tower over the children in an exciting and fun way!

Wild Edibles

Along with having vegetable beds for rotational crops (leafy greens, root vegetables and herbs) we planted an array of wild edibles. Wild edibles are great because children love to forage, and parents love it when eating healthy becomes fun! In this garden alone, there are High Bush Blueberries, Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Beach Plums, Elderberries and several rare but glorious Paw Paw trees.  

Moss Garden Fort Greene, Brooklyn  

Spring time highlights 

Backyard Meadow Bed-stuy, Brooklyn

Fort Greene Park

Brooklyn, NY

Mackenzie Younger, founder of Native NY Gardens, moved to Fort Greene, Brooklyn in 2015, where he fell in love with the neighborhoods park. Fascinated by it's history and old growth trees, Mackenzie provided free tree tours in Fort Greene Park every Saturday which got the attention of the park's staff and the Fort Greene Conservancy. They quickly learned about his work as an artist and invited Mackenzie to lead a mural project with staff from the neighboring Brooklyn Hospital.

After the mural, Fort Greene Park became aware of Mackenzie's work as a landscaper with Native NY Gardens. Concerned about the lack of native flowering perennials in the park, Mackenzie proposed a pollinator garden which the director David Barker suggested could take place along the the park's tennis court. Representatives of the park shared an interest in diversifying the landscape and using native plants to benefit wildlife, creating a perfect opportunity for a collaboration. 

Native NY Gardens curated site, amended the soil and sourced all the large plant material for the project, along with plugs selected by the park's director from Greenbelt Native Plant Conservancy. With the help from staff, grounds supervisor Eric Thomann and local volunteers, Native NY Gardens and Fort Greene Park installed  220 individual plants and over 500 plugs in 10' x 120' flower bed. Come to the park and see what we did! 

Instant success 

From the moment the plants arrived local pollinators could not keep away! People were in awe by how effective native plants were at attracting bees and butterflies, most of which they'd never seen in the park before. 

Not only are the pollinators happy but the people are happy too! A sense of community ownership was built around the garden and over night an unrealized site was transformed into a beloved destination. 

Long lasting impact

Like all of our projects, we plan for year round interest and wildlife benefits. 

Long-lived perennials provide nectar, shelter and food for caterpillars and other herbivores. Large swaths of 'power house' bloomers like Anise Hyssop support impressive populations of Bumble Bees and draw in Honey Bees from miles away. Massive displays of color attract butterflies and dense foliage of grasses, and perennials provide cover for migratory birds who then feed on the abundant insect populations. 

More portfolio pieces coming soon!