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Inspiration for a small contemporary roof full sun garden in Chicago with a vegetable patch.
Inspiration for a small contemporary roof full sun garden in Chicago with a vegetable patch.
Chicago Specialty Gardens, Inc.1st place overall winner - Rooftop Garden - Chicago's 2006 "Garden in a City" professional landscape awards
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary roof garden in Chicago with decking.
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary roof garden in Chicago with decking.
Aralia: Innovation in Landscape DesignChelsea Creek is the pinnacle of sophisticated living, these penthouse collection gardens, featuring stunning contemporary exteriors are London’s most elegant new dockside development, by St George Central London, they are due to be built in Autumn 2014
Following on from the success of her stunning contemporary Rooftop Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012, Patricia Fox was commissioned by St George to design a series of rooftop gardens for their Penthouse Collection in London. Working alongside Tara Bernerd who has designed the interiors, and Broadway Malyon Architects, Patricia and her team have designed a series of London rooftop gardens, which although individually unique, have an underlying design thread, which runs throughout the whole series, providing a unified scheme across the development.
Inspiration was taken from both the architecture of the building, and from the interiors, and Aralia working as Landscape Architects developed a series of Mood Boards depicting materials, features, art and planting. This groundbreaking series of London rooftop gardens embraces the very latest in garden design, encompassing quality natural materials such as corten steel, granite and shot blasted glass, whilst introducing contemporary state of the art outdoor kitchens, outdoor fireplaces, water features and green walls. Garden Art also has a key focus within these London gardens, with the introduction of specially commissioned pieces for stone sculptures and unique glass art. The linear hard landscape design, with fluid rivers of under lit glass, relate beautifully to the linearity of the canals below.
The design for the soft landscaping schemes were challenging – the gardens needed to be relatively low maintenance, they needed to stand up to the harsh environment of a London rooftop location, whilst also still providing seasonality and all year interest. The planting scheme is linear, and highly contemporary in nature, evergreen planting provides all year structure and form, with warm rusts and burnt orange flower head’s providing a splash of seasonal colour, complementary to the features throughout.
Finally, an exquisite lighting scheme has been designed by Lighting IQ to define and enhance the rooftop spaces, and to provide beautiful night time lighting which provides the perfect ambiance for entertaining and relaxing in.
Aralia worked as Landscape Architects working within a multi-disciplinary consultant team which included Architects, Structural Engineers, Cost Consultants and a range of sub-contractors.
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New York Plantings Garden DesignPhoto image of terrace garden by NYC Garden company "New York Plantings Garden Designers and Landscape Contractors NYC" builders of custom terrace and rooftop gardens, custom built planters, landscape lighting and NY drip irrigation installers. This design provides a beautiful garden view from inside the home for year round greenery and color, creates a privacy screen and inviting outdoor space.
This project for a small terrace complete with custom built mahogany planter, garden plantings, landscape lighting, drip irrigation will cost approximately $20,000.00 for a small terrace.
For more images of terrace and penthouse garden installations see our website.
Amber Freda Garden DesignThe rustic ranch look of knotty cedar fencing gets a contemporary twist in our design of this Chelsea rooftop garden. This fencing gives some much needed privacy from a common roof, while the black and tan pergola casts a bit of welcome shade for seating on a sunny south-facing roof. Additional design elements include artificial turf, contemporary outdoor furniture, black fiberglass planters, and geometric custom lattices. When we first saw this roof garden’s existing pavers, they were very weathered and benefited greatly from a power washing to help clean and brighten them up, which made them look brand new again. Plantings include wisteria, clematis, and Patriot hostas. See more of our projects at www.amberfreda.com.
Mcmahon and NerlichThis is an example of a medium sized contemporary roof private full sun garden in Melbourne with decking and a wood fence.
Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting GalleryDesign ideas for a medium sized contemporary roof xeriscape partial sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and decking.
Prentiss Balance Wickline ArchitectsPhotographer: Jay Goodrich
This 2800 sf single-family home was completed in 2009. The clients desired an intimate, yet dynamic family residence that reflected the beauty of the site and the lifestyle of the San Juan Islands. The house was built to be both a place to gather for large dinners with friends and family as well as a cozy home for the couple when they are there alone.
The project is located on a stunning, but cripplingly-restricted site overlooking Griffin Bay on San Juan Island. The most practical area to build was exactly where three beautiful old growth trees had already chosen to live. A prior architect, in a prior design, had proposed chopping them down and building right in the middle of the site. From our perspective, the trees were an important essence of the site and respectfully had to be preserved. As a result we squeezed the programmatic requirements, kept the clients on a square foot restriction and pressed tight against property setbacks.
The delineate concept is a stone wall that sweeps from the parking to the entry, through the house and out the other side, terminating in a hook that nestles the master shower. This is the symbolic and functional shield between the public road and the private living spaces of the home owners. All the primary living spaces and the master suite are on the water side, the remaining rooms are tucked into the hill on the road side of the wall.
Off-setting the solid massing of the stone walls is a pavilion which grabs the views and the light to the south, east and west. Built in a position to be hammered by the winter storms the pavilion, while light and airy in appearance and feeling, is constructed of glass, steel, stout wood timbers and doors with a stone roof and a slate floor. The glass pavilion is anchored by two concrete panel chimneys; the windows are steel framed and the exterior skin is of powder coated steel sheathing.
Land Studio CLand Studio C
Inspiration for a large contemporary roof xeriscape full sun garden for spring in San Francisco with a retaining wall and natural stone paving.
Inspiration for a large contemporary roof xeriscape full sun garden for spring in San Francisco with a retaining wall and natural stone paving.
A Small Green SpaceThis is an example of a large contemporary roof full sun garden for summer in New York with a potted garden and decking.
Prassas Landscape Studio LLCLinda Oyama Bryan Photography
Medium sized contemporary roof full sun garden in Chicago.
Medium sized contemporary roof full sun garden in Chicago.
KD LandscapeA monstrous change from 1995, the landscape is now a riot of color with perennials and container plantings complementing the boxwood hedge. A bluestone entry and new limestone steps highlight the front makeover. Courtesy of Mike Crews Photography
SKY architecture, LLCPhoto of a large contemporary roof full sun garden in Other with a vegetable patch and natural stone paving.
The London Gardener LtdOur client wanted to create a more interesting and private design for her roof terrace, but without restricting the space. We added bespoke powder-coated steel planters in a pale grey to link with the elegant interior of the apartment and reflect the light. The planting is evergreen and tough as the site can be windy. Space has been allowed for a small bistro table to be added in due course.
Kevin Clare - PaysagistePerspective végétale
Inspiration for a small contemporary roof full sun garden for summer in Paris with a potted garden and decking.
Inspiration for a small contemporary roof full sun garden for summer in Paris with a potted garden and decking.
Land Studio CInspiration for a contemporary roof xeriscape garden in San Francisco with a living wall and natural stone paving.
Sylvester Construction Services, Inc.Design ideas for a contemporary roof full sun garden in Chicago with a potted garden and decking.
SYNLawnYou don't have to be stuck with a concrete balcony when you add color and texture like at this Key Largo, Fla., home. Our SYNLawn artificial grass mimics the lush, surrounding greenery, and the deck tiles add warmth and pattern to the outdoor space.
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