Type of Project: Garden

Name of Project: Fort Green Rock Garden

Location: Carlton Street, Brooklyn

Use: Residence, recreational

Size: 600 SF

Completion Date: 2010

Designer: Alive Structures

Project Description: Alive Structures removed rows of small yews, old roses, weeds, and brambles from the garden. To create an elevated boarder railroad ties were stacked, lined and filled with new soil. The center of the yard was converted into a gravelly rock garden with yuccas, prickly pear cacti, flowering dianthus, creeping blueberry, and sempervivums. The garden is enclosed by a dark bamboo fence which creates privacy. Despite being enclosed and private the garden feels open with all parts of the yard accessible to the tenants.