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The owners of this shared Brooklyn rooftop garden needed to create three individual spaces without feeling too closed off, dark, or boxed in. The solution is a series of custom cedar trellises at varying heights mixed with lightweight planters that delineate each of the owner's deeded spaces. Flowering vines grow through the trellises to provide added privacy during the warmer months as well as pops of color and texture. River birch trees offer dappled shade and dimension, flowering perennials add color, fragrance, and attract pollinators, and ornamental grasses provide texture and movement while also masking some ugly HVAC units. The resulting rooftop space is open and breezy while also giving each family their own special private oasis.

This Moroccan inspired Rooftop Garden in Chelsea features many outdoor rooms with pergolas, fencing, fiberglass containers, statues, and outdoor seating. This layered container garden is a plethora of different specimen plants- both flowering and evergreen, which provide for brilliant contrasting textures as well as a greater sense of depth.

Linda Oyama Bryan Photography
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary full sun rooftop landscaping in Chicago.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary full sun rooftop landscaping in Chicago.

Modern terrace transformation: Angular planters, perennial showcase, cedar fencing, with integrated irrigation & lighting. A true urban retreat.
Design ideas for a small modern partial sun rooftop concrete paver and wood fence landscaping in New York for fall.
Design ideas for a small modern partial sun rooftop concrete paver and wood fence landscaping in New York for fall.

HomeHarvest designed and built these custom cedar raised beds. Each bed has a built in reservoir, which makes them self-watering and only require watering once a week!

This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary drought-tolerant and partial sun rooftop garden path in San Francisco with decking.

Brent A. Riechers
Inspiration for a small contemporary full sun rooftop vegetable garden landscape in Chicago.
Inspiration for a small contemporary full sun rooftop vegetable garden landscape in Chicago.

Design ideas for a contemporary full sun rooftop landscaping in Chicago with decking.

The tea house is a stunning structure we were excited to design and install on a very large outdoor terrace, in Wrigleyville. This private residential space, once a vast expanse of concrete pavers, is now a lush, livable and tranquil oasis. The covered patio or gazebo we named, The Tea House is comprised of Tigerwood, bamboo, Ipe, cedar, steel and retractable mesh screen doors. Underneath the solid roof is a beautiful faux tin ceiling tile that compliments and contrasts the wooden elements adding a rich, unexpected eye-catching charm.

This is an example of a large contemporary partial sun rooftop stone landscaping in New York for summer.

Newly planted herb wall on roof terrace. Custom planters and Galanter & Jones heated benches.
Photo of a mid-sized modern partial sun rooftop formal garden in San Francisco.
Photo of a mid-sized modern partial sun rooftop formal garden in San Francisco.

Design ideas for a large traditional partial sun rooftop formal garden in New York with decking for summer.

This second floor roof terrace was converted to an outdoor playroom by employing softer surfaces underfoot, a wall garden, and a metal paneled wall with movable magnetic silhouettes.

After removing an old wooden deck and re-sealing the roof membrane, we installed a low maintenance porcelain paver floor on a pedestal system to increase drainage, air circulation and overall weight dispersion of the garden elements. We fabricated custom cedar planter boxes with a cedar and steel railing to add height for increased safety. As you enter the space, the focal point of the garden is a sleek, modern water feature with a pretty Mexican pebble and tigerwood base. The unique outdoor kitchen is comprised of Tigerwood, cedar and stainless hardware. Tigerwood cladding on the door of an existing stand alone grill, creates the illusion of a built in grill, with beautiful cedar countertops on either side. Landscape lighting and an irrigation system keep the garden stunning day and night.
Jenn LassaJenn Lassa

This is an example of a contemporary full sun rooftop landscaping in Burlington.

Matthew Williams
Photo of a small coastal drought-tolerant and full sun rooftop garden path in New York with decking for spring.
Photo of a small coastal drought-tolerant and full sun rooftop garden path in New York with decking for spring.

Fiberglass pots contain espaliered fruit trees and herbs, set against a custom steel screen
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern drought-tolerant and full sun rooftop concrete paver landscaping in Portland with a fire pit for fall.
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern drought-tolerant and full sun rooftop concrete paver landscaping in Portland with a fire pit for fall.

Built on top of an existing garage, this rooftop kitchen garden maximizes unused space, receives full sun and has a great view of Puget Sound! The garage was retrofitted to sustain the weight loads of the soil and water and wood. Modeled after the French potager, this garden was designed to mirror the Mediterranean style of the house and tie into the lush surrounding landscape.
Hilary Dahl
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