Spring 2016 "BEFORE"s . . . Stay with us as we transform these spaces!

Some BEFORE photos of a few projects around New York City that Twelve Gardens is working on this Spring . . .

. . . including backyards in Brooklyn's Cobble Hill and Prospect Park neighborhoods, a brownstone's entrance and backyard on the Upper West Side and a roof garden in midtown on Park Ave. 

Stay tuned to see the process and, a ways down the road yet, the AFTERs !

Manhattan backyard / BEFORE

Cobble Hill Brooklyn / BEFORE

Fall is for Planting

Autumn is great for two things in the garden : 

1. Making a garden. Masonry, woodwork, planting--it's a wonderful time of year to build and plant a garden. The ground is workable for hardscape construction like decks, terraces, fences, pergolas, and so forth. The cool air makes for easier transplanting for plants. 

2. Planning a garden. Late autumn and winter are great times of year to plan a garden. This puts you first in line for construction in Spring!

Cities Alive 2015 : Green Roofs City!

Come for half a day, a whole day or a whole conference-full of technical sessions about green roofs this week, October 5-8, at the Brooklyn Marriott! 

Visit some of the most spectacular green roofs in New York City on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday : 

Conference topics will include : 

* Biophilia : designing with nature to improve human well-being

* Evaluating Native & Wild Green Roof Performance & Desirability

* How to Fund Your Green Roof & Wall Projects in New York City

* International Green Roof Policy Developments and Design (moderated by Twelve Gardens Ltd)

* Designing For Healthy Communities

. . . and much, much more! Come learn about making NYC a resilient city!

The conference will take place at the Brooklyn Marriott, 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY‎ 11201 Tel: 718-246-7000.

Brooklyn to host the North American Green Roofs conference 2015

Cities Alive, the conference dedicated to green roof research, policy, design, and technology in North America, will celebrate its 13th year by coming to NYC this October. The conference moves to a different city each year to help familiarize our metropolises with this technology.

The conference will include the Harlem Design Charrette, which involves the green infrastructural re-envisioning of blocks of Harlem (under the aegis of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem); as well as multiple tracks of presentations over 4 days including research on biophilic principles of design. 

The final day will be dedicated to tours of NYC green roofs. 

Find out more at http://citiesalive.org

(Twelve Gardens Ltd. is a proud member of the Local Host Committee for this year's conference!).