Crucial Steps We Take Before Starting Your Garden and Landscape Design Project

New York Plantings Garden Designers and Landscape Contractors offers a wide range of services – not just for ground work but for rooftops, penthouses, terraces and any other place you may need garden designs. However, you may be wondering how we do our work.

After the general consultation, rooftop garden designers and specialists do not just rush right away to work on the project. There is a tedious but very important procedure that has to be done before everything else is commenced.

Photos and Hand Measurements

Before starting everything else, the garden and landscape designers will visit your area and look at the place. Hand measurements of the area will be taken as well as photos to ensure that everything is taken into consideration.

This part is very crucial because the dimensions and overall look of the area should be considered before finally rendering the design, which will be followed during the construction.

This is to make sure that all installations will fit the area – avoiding problems when working.

3D Garden Design Rendering

After the dimensions and photographs are taken, our rooftop garden designers will consult with different members of the team, including an Ipe specialist and member of the irrigation and landscape lighting division in order to create the perfect plan for your penthouse, rooftop garden or terrace. The design of course will also be based on your preference and instructions. The plan will be detailed and will include the placements for trees, plants, flowers, custom planters, landscape lighting, water features and of course – drip irrigation.

3D Rendering for a landscape design project.

Once the plan is in order, they will create a 3D rendering of the plan, which will help depict the overall look of the area. Doing this helps achieve realistic appearance of the architecture, allowing you to see the physical conditions of your penthouse, rooftop or terrace beautification project even before it is built.

Rendering also allows workers to easily visualize the goal of the project in order to minimize problems and mistakes in outdoor carpentry and installation, so you can be sure to expect the results that you want.

New York Plantings specializing in Asian Garden design takes these initial steps very seriously to make sure that each project is well planned and well executed. While they specialize in custom rooftop and outdoor garden, they also feature other services like construction of decks, pergolas, trellises, gazebos, fences, custom planter boxes, Ipe deck refinishing and other indoor and outdoor work. They also offer the latest irrigation system services. They also have other services that are not available from most companies like deck cleansing and tree care.

If you have any questions you can pay New York Plantings Garden Designers and Landscape Contractors a visit at 432 East 14th Street New York, NY 10009 United States‎, or call them at 347-558-7051.

Custom Planter Boxes: Aesthetic Efficacies

Details are everything especially in designing and planning your outdoor and indoor space, from private residential spaces, public courtyard or even parks. Definitely a great way to create a distinct ambiance in your business and even in your home is having Custom Planter Boxes. They are not just designed to look good but they are also built to last. And New York Plantings Garden Designers and Landscape Contractors are experts in making custom planters and would gladly assist in designing and installing of your planter boxes that suits tastes and business needs. They are the first and foremost master gardeners, the leading makers of planters and garden containers giving away feats to various hotels, restaurants, stores, penthouses and residences in Manhattan, New York, and all the way to Long Island.

Their custom planter boxes support the growth of your plants, flowers and trees as New York Plantings master carpenters build planters in appropriate sizes ensuring stability against high winds and other ways such as increasing soil volumes to support roots up to decades eliminating the need for transplanting and protecting the root system  in harsh winters. As they help in recreating spaces, their service will not just build your planters but they would also make sure of the proper installment of drainage such as using EPDM rubber membrane to ensure that soil and water won’t leak out to your wood furnishings and decking, preventing damage. Proper drainage is a key to keep roots from premature failure. It also maintains plant health. They secure that all drainage could be set to drain where you want it, like under the deck or patio to eliminate dirty water running out and staining your expensive and beautiful pavers. They offer proper drainage that is simple, effective and maintenance-free at all. In designs, they could assist you in selecting from a number of alternatives with their professional and expert New York Plantings Outdoor Carpentry Team. They are also Ipe hardwood specialist, using marine grade plywood liners with IPE fascia with stainless steel fastener all throughout.

EPDM rubber membrane

New York Plantings Garden Designers and Landscape Contractors are actually leading the gardening and landscaping industry, so rest assured that the planters are well-engineered to function better and look greater than typical premade, store brought or online planters. And their expertise in soil mixtures and planting techniques race well on efficacy.

They specialize in Asian Garden Design, and could help you build your own Zen Eden in your terraces, rooftop gardens, and even in your backyard. Other themes are also available. You can contact them at 347 558 7051. You may also want to avail other services such as  Deck Refinishing, Pergola Installation, Gazebo, deck and patios, tree care as well as with New York Plantings Irrigation and Landscape Lighting Division's Irrigation System Installation and landscape lighting installation.

Keeping Turf Healthy Through Fall and into Spring

The fall is here, and the temperature is beginning to drop. This means to start breaking out the sweatshirts and jackets, and more importantly it means you need to start getting ready for the dormant feeding of your lawns! Many people don’t realize how important the fall fertilization is for turf. The reason is it’s actually how the grass gets its first dose of nutrients in the spring. Confused?

Let me explain. As you may know, when the weather cools down your lawns grow slower and slower. This is because when the ground temperature cools down below 55 degrees the microorganisms (microbs) in the soil are also slowing down. The microorganisms are what make the nutrients readily available for the turf. Therefore when they slow down, the growth slows down, and after the first frost of the year the plant basically shuts down because the microorganisms have just about stopped all together.

So why would you put fertilizer down on turf in late fall if the plant cant take it up?

The reason a fertilizer should be put down before the first frost is so that the microorganisms can start breaking the nutrients down, but not fully. That way when the weather warms up in the spring and the soil temps go up, the microbs have something to start feeding your lawn with. You might ask why not just put a fertilizer down in the spring. Well, you could put it down in the spring, but the chances of you putting it down before the plant needs them are very slim. Especially if there is snow covering the ground, because as the snow melts it quickly warms the soils and the microbs can actually start as the snow is melting.

Slow-release Fertilizer

Now you can't just put any fertilizer down either. It must be a slow release fertilizer. A fertilizer that is coated with a poly material would work well, or even a clay coated fertilizer. If a quick release fertilizer is used there is a good chance you will have dead turf in the spring. With quick release fertilizers the plant will take up a lot of Nitrogen and the plant cells walls would swell up. Once the plant is subject to a frost the ‘swelled’ cell walls would burst and basically kill the majority of the lawn. The fertilizer analysis is very important and would be based on the recent history of fertilizer put down in the past year.

As you can see a lot goes into picking the right fertilizers and knowing when to put them down. This can be very tricky, costly, and possibly damaging if not done correctly. New York Plantings Garden Design and Landscaping, specializing in Asian garden design, now has a lawn specialist who can help make these challenging decisions for you, and complete these tasks.

For more information on anything about turf, ask for Julian at New York Plantings Garden Designers and Landscape Contractors.