Le Cui Nancy Green and her husband in Chicago apartment roof, only 90 square meters of garden - strictly point that can only be called the planting space , but can not curb their own high-quality garden will.
No matter how narrow place, away from the neighbors, how close, how plant growth environment bad.
" Green support I should have a garden." Nancy smiled.
flexible outdoor meeting area, Provence taste
interior designers, and jokes that he is born in France Nancy fans, attracted his friends - landscape designer Greg Gerber Krugman as a Guide." Nancy is very clear what kind of garden you want, we just help her vision into reality." Burgmann said.
Nancy vision of the garden layout style from the south of France, Provence style, her preferences, and was in line with the U.S. Midwest growing conditions. As a long-term French antique collectors, she singles out a few pieces placed in the garden, the garden theme color
transfer also arises ." I let Greg the color selected in green, pink, white and lavender, they are common in the French countryside." She said.
Similarly, a small garden on the practicality of Nancy is also a great idea. With their experience of interior design, in a narrow space, she plans a series of outdoor activity space, to reach 4.2 meters wide in some places. Can accommodate 10 people seated regular table in the roof at one end, and filled with potted plants along the grid, came to a pavilion lounge area, brick fireplace is its backdrop. Zhang not far from the table a little more intimate friends, special entertainment, a set of three porcelain pots, Zaiman of annuals, perennials and shrubs, elegant and different outdoor areas connected together in the hospitality large gathering space will look larger; and Nancy Green in the only time they seem very comfortable.
by the brick pillars supported the pavilion set aside leisure area range, growing lush life play basket chandelier.
roof garden can be very harsh growing conditions: sunlight refracted into the roof, walls and building facades, resulting in excessive heat often hot dead potted plant roots. Summer heat and wind is very violent, can be dried within hours of the plant soil. By the winter, the cold winter wind will quickly dry the plant stems and leaves outside. Burgmann responsible for the design of small garden landscape, including a pavilion, grill Weidang and plant viewing area. Challenges, Burgmann working group came up with a creative solution, so that the roof plants have plenty of vitality. They attach to plants 2.5-5 cm thick layer of spray foam insulation, cover the pots inside. Rigid foam board was cut to cover a square, rectangular flower pots inside.
roof space furnishings skills
can accommodate 26 guests seated dinner, held 50 or more people open star party, Nancy and Le Green Cui small garden every inch of space must be fully utilized. In the following ways to make your garden recreation area more whole, seems to have become greater.
1, the table of the heat-resistant succulents succulents are more suitable for the sunny terrace, mixed flowers planted inside the ceramic can be placed in the table above, including Sedum is a stone lotus, lotus and the palm is green Suolong species.
2 , note that a disproportionately large share of furniture, furnishings and flower will immediately plug the home such as Le Cui narrow garden, so they use a small bit of furniture, such as replace the couch with a double sofa.
3, a natural fence, separated by a space south Greece with lush garden with boxwood hedges to separate the adjacent roof, a private little world, afar the city's skyline is open. And here is usually a small table Le Cui family favorite dining place.
4 more put potted plants placed in a small garden is no place to resolve the best way to open up the nursery, potted plants of different colors can be combined to make a mini-garden nurseries. The potted plants will bloom three or four a distributed open and let the flowers around you about the figure.
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