Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Back garden

From our cramped Manhattan apartment, Alex and I always daydream about having a back garden one day, complete with red chairs and a hammock. You could have friends over and serve cauliflower soup, salad and Gruyere. Aren't these photos lovely?


(Photos via Remodelista, landscape design by Foras, butterfly chair from Circa50)

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131 comments:

Caroline, No. said...

They are pretty. I'm lucky enough to have a little city garden and really should give it more love. :(

Love the red chairs!

The Neo-Traditionalist said...

Ohhhh I want to move it! I would love to sip lemonade there and bask in the sunshine!
XOXO katie

a lovely being said...

It's absolutely lovely, indeed! I dream of having a backyard like that someday :)
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Daniella said...

Talk about making the best of a space! How lovely...

Leah B. said...

I have been buying flowers and topiary's lately to bring spring indoors, but a garden would be divine!

Debby Lee said...

I love the city but not having a backyard would be tough... although there is nothing quite like Central Park!

JenLynn said...

Just gorgeous--takes you to such a relaxed state that you forget you are in the middle of a major metropolis.

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Maki said...

You can do it, Joanna!! Your baby will crawl and play in it too. Lovely idea!

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Karena said...

Joanna, you have made it into a special haven.

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Dancing Branflake said...

I love gardens. They are so relaxing and invite so much peach in your life. I also love cheese so you basically described heaven for me.

Cara said...

So Pretty! Love it xo

Isabella Kiss said...

at first i thought it WAS yours! i was stunned by 'your' absolutely flawless shrubs. haha. but yes, it is lovely.

Beatriz said...

Oh this is GORGEOUS!! For any standard, but for Manhattan especially, this is like Eden!

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Nicole Smith said...

love the second photo, the green is beautiful!

Sera said...

oh these make me wish spring was here so desperately!

Celia said...

my brother-in-law lives in the village and scored a little backyard. we still can't believe his luck.

Blue Is Bleu said...

I love the landscaping!! We have a big backyard but it's not too landscaped... perhaps this year we'll attempt to do something with it hehe

Reginasaurus said...

Oh my goodness. That is heavenly. xo

Jessica Hoareau said...

I was just thinking about how lovely it would be to have a garden... I dream of a large sprawling one to have picnics with my girlfriends in the summer... ahhhh

Jill Turner said...

How great!

That is the one downfall to living in an apartment. I miss having a yard so much...

Liz said...

Wow these photos are beautiful. It's not a huge amount of space, but it's perfect. And you can't go wrong with cauliflower soup and Gruyere!

meganlimjewelry said...

They are SO lovely! Thank you for sharing with us.

Charlie said...

that looks lovely :)

samantha hahn said...

can't think of anything better!

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Add a glass of rosé from Provence or a crisp Italian white and the bar surely can't get any higher:)

j'taimee said...

Did you ever watch The City Gardener on HGTV? It's a program originally from the UK and set in London. The host (Matt James) would go to different flats in the London area and design a garden to suit the needs of the homeowners. And he was always sure to incorporate texture, color and smell.
Don't you think a program (tv or otherwise) like that would be great in NYC?!

13bees said...

oh, sigh. somehow sitting at the kitchen table with the window open doesn't quite cut it, huh? the top one is my favorite - a true oasis.

Laken Price said...

Oh, how I wish I was there right about now :)

Tanya of A Taste of T said...

I love gardens too!

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this is perfect - i have a post scheduled for tomorrow about needing ideas for our small backyard. i want a garden.

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Stephanie said...

These pictures are so pretty! I'll be doing some gardening when I get home from work today, and I'm going to keep these in mind for inspiration. :-)

Joanna said...

Your very own mini garden, how royal it looks, too!

Helena - A Diary of Lovely said...

it's one of my dreams too, gorgeous photos

Joanne Angelina said...

That is amazingly lovely..there's just something magical about gardens that's simply timeless, great post!
xoxo

Annelie said...

Some people are so creative and good at making the most out of nothing. Beautifully done!

SweetPeaknits said...

I love my garden. In fact, I've started a little veggie patch which I'm blogging about.

modernboom said...

joanna...
these photos are great! i love the idea of creating a beautiful garden within a small enclosed area.

the mix of structure with the freeform plantings and texture is so appealing.

we are redoing our small space this summer
and welcome this inspiration.

thanks for sharing.

Deepali Kalia Filling Spaces said...

lovely great inspiration to work on my garden

Hollie said...

plants and cheese? yes, please!

Joanna Goddard said...

oh, isabella, i WISH this were our garden! how amazing would that be? nope, we live on the third floor and just have a fire escape :)

Sadie said...

Wow, what a great garden!

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hip hip gin gin said...

Gorgeous gardens! I think the first one is my favorite. We just have a deck at the moment and I'm always trying to make it into a little garden while still letting us have enough space to sit out there. It is a challenge. Someday I want a space big enough for a hammock. I'm pretty sure on any day when it isn't raining, snowing, or below 50 degrees I would be found on said hammock with a book.

Suzanne said...

now that is my kind of back yard!
no lawn to mow plus a place to relax and enjoy lots of pretty greenery :)

Loren said...

I love the second one, it's a garden as a box of assorted premium chocolates packaged in a beautiful decorative box. Totally delicious to the eyes!

Kate N.G. Sommers said...

This makes me feel bad because we DO have a backyard, and it looks like absolute crap compared to this one. Maybe one day when I only work ONE job we'll get around to doing something this awesome. Thanks for the inspiration!

Heather said...

Absouletly lovely! I too dream of a little garden in the back or even a terrance. Some where to at least have a BBQ or a little grill.

Michelle said...

I'm loving the geometric lines.

stephanie said...

I really love all these photos. We're going to have a yard just in time for summer and I can't wait to get out there and make it how we want it.

Rachel said...

i saw these photos yesterday on remodelista and was so inspired! we're moving to chicago soon (hopefully) and these make backyards are full of wonderful ideas for small city spaces. thanks for sharing.

Mollie said...

I love this, but I think it would be even better if a couple of the squares were a summer vegetable bed.

jennydraws said...

I think I would like to paint your little garden. Very quaint. I love it.

jen jafarzadeh said...

second that. If I ever score some outdoor space in the city, you're welcome to come over for a garden party!

Channal said...

Long for spring...

Joanna Goddard said...

yay, jen! and vice versa! :)

johnny said...

so drool-worthy! totally going to copy this if I ever get a garden here in Brooklyn.

Josie said...

These photos are so gorgeous! I'm sure you'll get your garden some day!
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Rachel said...

I love these! I'm going to use these as inspiration for our new porch. (It's just a porch, but I can try, right? ; ))

Rachel

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Oh, I'm so with you on this one. No garden for me in my apartment right now, but one day I sure home to have one, even tiny, but mine.

The Lil Bee said...

This is all I ever need in a garden.

Amber said...

I love the 2nd one best, very restful, although I know there is a bit of work involved in it. I forget that living in a city means you probably don't have a yard. I can't imagine not having a bit of privacy in the sunshine among greenery and birds. But then I have rednecks and I don't have the arts or decent restaurants. Come visit me and I will come visit you.

Christine said...

Yes, I'm very envious of my friends in Brooklyn who have backyard space or even rooftops with gardens. How perfect would a day like today be with one?!

Andi said...

does anyone know where the red chairs in the first image come from. i LOVE them!

Bubbly said...

I think the second picture looks Alice-In-Wonderland-ish...in a good way!

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the red bungalow said...

so beautiful. I have the same dream too! Someday we will get out of our apartments and have a little patch of grass of our own. :)

Great Pics.

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Laura said...

lovely use of small space. We finally have our first garden, a few days of warm weather, and I'm going gardening crazy and I love it! We're in germany, it's quite small for US-sized gardens, but fairly huge for city living in Europe. We have a small patio, grass, and flower and veggie space that's in the works....
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Aura said...

When my husband and I got married almost 4 years ago, the very first thing I dreamed about was buying a house so we could work in the yard, garden, and sit on the back patio with friends. I got the house and yard, but I'm still dreaming about my hammock. He says this is the year he builds me one, but we'll see :) I hope you get your hammock soon!

{lovely little things} said...

beautiful garden!

Signorina Svizzera said...

These are lovely!! I wish I could have that- but at least, even though I am an apartment dweller, I am in Switzerland with mountains everywhere I turn (and a beautiful lake downtown!)

Kristin Hjellegjerde said...

Absolutely inspiring! We are in the middle of construction so all the debris is covering up our garden. This zen feeling is really being missed!

The Cottage Cheese said...

Gorgeous urban gardens! I love my semi-large lot, but it seems like all of my favorite landscaping plans (both others' plans and the ones I create) are of small fenced spaces and courtyards.

eva v said...

these are so beautiful! at the moment i have a huge garden, but id love to move into a tiny cramped apartment with a tiny garden to challenge myself :)

kelly ann said...

oh this is lovely!

amynicole said...

dear me, these are beautiful. i love everything about them! i too dream of having my own garden and a backyard. some day. . .

Ellen said...

Ahhh, a back garden. A girl can dream. I'd settle for my own ROOM. Yes, I'm 29 and STILL share a room with my sister. Why did I move to NYC again? Ohh right...dreams, ambition, yada yada yada...

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AbbieBabble said...

I lived at home for a couple of months this fall, and one of the best parts was having access to a lovely garden. I DID have my friends over for soup and salad and a glass of wine. It was perfect.

Sara Bentley said...

Really lovely photos -- you can sense the calm and serenity walking out to it must bring its owners...

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Maria Ana said...

Dreamy!

Raisa said...

Wow, those look really good. I wish I had a back yard like that.

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brand-eye said...

i love this back yard! i have had it saved in my "someday redo the backyard" folder.

Marie-Louise said...

Love the first pic... The second one is my own personal nightmare!

Ok, not entirely true, the lush background is great, it's just the overly-formal foreground that really kinda makes me anxious! I feel it's too overworked, whereas the first picture is more relaxed.

Red chairs are a cool though...

AM said...

LOVE IT! If only spring would arrive!!

Sara 'Izzy' Dockrell said...

*sigh* i wish I had a backyard. I love the use of squared in this very lovely

Carmie, the Single Nester said...

How serene these perfect little gardens are.

Oneirico Estudio said...

oh, i love it!!

Kim @ Inspired Goodness said...

So obsessed with these photos. My husband just completed our roof deck this weekend and now comes the fun part - DECORATING!!

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