Showing posts with label drip irrigation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drip irrigation. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Get A Green Roof Themed Rooftop Garden With New York Plantings


In New York, where most buildings have access to rooftops, roofdecks and balconies, it can be difficult to enjoy the greenery without having to go to a nearby park.

That does not have to be the case, though. As long as you have an empty concrete space at home, you can have that turned into a wonderful garden, which you can definitely enjoy. New York Plantings Garden Design – a New York Based design, irrigation and landscape company specializing in Asian Garden Design – can do that for you.

How Is The Work Done?

To make the concept a reality New York Plantings Garden Design, irrigation and Landscape contracting crews work together to build you your perfect rooftop garden. First, we consult with you and assess the area that you plan to have designed. Then, they collaborate with an innovative landscape architect to do the design for you. Specializing in Asian Garden Design, New York Plantings garden designs are made with your specifications, and in turn, to utilize the experience and skills of New York Plantings. Once the design is done and approved, they begin working to build you your dream garden oasis.

What Do They Offer?

New York Plantings often provides a variety of services, which include garden design, outdoor carpentry such as pergolas and decks, masonry, stonework, patios, irrigation, landscape lighting, custom planters, IPE-made products, custom fence, and contracting services. They are specializing in Asian Garden Design and also strive to provide a greenroof feel to your rooftop.

What Materials Do You Use?

New York Plantings Garden Design makes use of top-of-the-line materials and techniques to make sure that you get only the best. First, they mark and layout the hardscape foundation making use of cement, stonework, bricks and similar materials.

Miradrain 9000 used New York Plantings as roof-membrane protection
Miradrain 9000
Of course, a rooftop garden definitively needs the right drain system. This is where the Miradrain 9000 comes into action. Miradrain is the industry leader in creating geocomposite sheet drains, and the 9000 is a high compressive-strength horizontal sheet drain. The drain utilizes drip irrigation as it is designed to retain water in the roof while channeling out the excess to the roof’s drainage system. In lieu of drainage gravel, the Miradrain 9000 is used with a drainage board that prevents passage of particles, which can choke or block the drainage system.

Aside from that, Miradrain 9000 is specially designed to absorb and spread the load of heavy items like soil-filled planter boxes in order to keep the roof membrane protected. The drain mat is laid out first before they install anything else.


For decking materials, we make use of Black Locust hardwood, pieces of which are custom milled for the project. Black Locust hardwood is extremely durable, hard and resistant; making sure it stands the outdoor weather. Marine grade plywood are used for custom planters, decking and other support parts.


With these materials, they can achieve a real-life garden right on your rooftop. While they are located in NYC, New York Plantings also caters to Long Island, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester Areas and even NJ and Connecticut clients. 
Photos of the Green roof lawn in a rooftop in New York Installed by New York Plantings
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New York Plantings is located at 2672 21st St Brooklyn, NY 11235. You can call them at (347) 558-7051 and avail their free estimate.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

IPE Custom Planter Boxes make your Terrace or Rooftop Garden Outstanding


If you wish to have your terrace area to be worthwhile at the same time beautiful, elegant, and more importantly attractive, then it is best recommended that you avail the services offered by New York Plantings, owned by Todd Nappi, which offers you services to assure you the best terrace design that is done mainly through the Charlton St. project that will reshape your terrace area so that it will be worth more than what it was previously.

Assuring you that the project will help reform you terrace as the best terrace design in New York City, what can the Charlton St. project offer to justify their claim to such? It offers a great variety of high quality services such as their different custom made designs and works. You can have a custom built planter boxes for the rooftop of the garden that will be done by New York City garden designers and by landscape contractors.

In addition to availing the services in such would complement to a New York plantings garden design, the Charlton St. project being the best terrace design, will include among its services a fully automatic drip irrigation system that is installed by the New York Plantings Irrigation Division to help support the trees as well as the shrubs. This is done exclusively by professionals or experts on the field by the company who are known and recognized as master irrigation technicians and landscape lighting service technicians.

Furthermore to the services offered by the New York Plantings through undergoing the process of the Charlton St. project with it being the best terrace design, include remodeling and renovating the look of the terrace area to make it to a more beautiful and elegant garden oasis not to mention the low maintenance which will save you a great deal of trouble and expense as opposed to having it wasted with rotten broken planters and other unpleasant sights. IPE clad custom planter boxes can be made and designed on the spot or on site that’s made by consummate professionals recognized as New York plantings master carpenters. These professionals specialize in working on terraces, rooftop, and all types of work done on an outdoor carpentry scope. As a matter of fact, the scope is so huge that the carpenters are able to make designs and make pergolas, gazebos, custom decks, and storage boxes anywhere within the New York vicinity or even broader which would reach out to including Long Island, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties . Other services offered include a specialization in Asian Garden Design, Zen Gardens, Front yard Garden Design, Backyard Garden Designs, Rooftop Garden, and many more which you will find most pleasing.

There are some pictures below that will help you visualize what you are imagining as you have read on the what your terrace will look like as how it was designed under the named project which made it the best terrace design offered by the New York Plantings whose scope is not only on New York City, but even on a worldwide scene.
For more information and details to accommodate your inquiries and concerns, please visit the website at www.newyorkplantings.com or call at 347-558-7051. You can also go directly to the company’s office located at 2672 21st St Brooklyn, NY 11235.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Update Your Irrigation System: An Investment in Your Property and Your Peace of Mind

If April showers bring May flowers, and if those May flowers can add up to 20 percent to the value of your home, then what do May flowers bring? They bring the need for a professionally designed automatic sprinkler system, of course. A great investment for any homeowner, an efficient sprinkler system is an easy and cost-effective way to beautify your home while boosting its value.

Todd Nappi, Landscape Designer at New York Plantings instructs, “Most older sprinkler systems are inefficient. Water is wasted when it is directed to the wrong areas of your lawn and planting beds, and outmoded or malfunctioning timers can leave your lawn dry and under-watered or, just as damaging, soggy and over-saturated.” Either of these conditions are signs that your watering dollars are being wasted, not just this season, but year after year. These conditions can also jeopardize the quality of your landscaping, another huge financial consideration. At New York Plantings Irrigation we want to help save your landscaping and your water bill by designing and installing an updated, quality irrigation system.


The best part of installing a new irrigation system is that you can sit back and let the system do all the work for you. You’ll have a healthier lawn, more beautiful plants and less worry. Planning a summer vacation? You can leave with confidence knowing that you will return to a healthy lawn and vibrant plants.


There are many aspects to an irrigation system that will affect how your system performs and how long it will last. The professionals at New York Plantings Irrigation have the knowledge and experience to provide you with the right system for your particular landscape and watering requirements.  As Todd Nappi says, “Irrigation shouldn’t be thought of as a cost, it should be considered an investment in your property and your peace of mind.”

New York Plantings Irrigation offers a complete scope of garden, landscape and irrigation services in the NY tri state area, servicing residential, corporate and the trade (subcontracting for builders and other garden companies). Visit www.newyorkplantings.com for more information or call 347 558-7051 for a consultation.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Irrigation Service & Winterizing for Fall

From New York Plantings Irrigation in NY: Our fall irrigation shut down and winterizing and spring start up services are two considerations for preventative maintenance to keep your irrigation system functioning properly. Please see our website at http://www.newyorkplantings.com/ or call 347-558-7051 to set up consultation in NY and the Tri State area.
What is an irrigation system?
An irrigation system is made up of various structures and devices that ensure the supply, conveyance and application of irrigation water. In many countries, including the United States and Canada, ditch companies and independent farmers own their own large irrigation systems. But government agencies, for example the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior, may build the largest irrigation systems and some systems are entirely owned by governments.
Are you tired of lugging multiple hoses around your yard to keep grass, flowers and shrubs green? Perhaps you’ve noticed that many of your neighbors have installed irrigation systems. Did you know that using these systems can provide a substantial savings in water usage?
Please give us a call at NY Plantings to schedule service! If you have any questions, email us at nappidesign@gmail.com or visit our Website for more information