ASLA Award Winner Carnegie Hill House by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape
New York City
Four gardens created in a constricted urban context provide a sanctuary to parents raising their children, pollinators and birds raising their young. This analogy to the ‘nest’ provides an immersive learning experience in predominantly native plants connecting the owner to four seasons and an awareness of other species and their needs in an urban environment: water, habitat, and forage. Details in planters, paving, and furnishings draw inspiration from woven assemblage to reinforce this analogy of stewardship.
Left: The greenwall on the 6th floor was conceived as artwork. Bounded by a teak frame, lush plants thrive above the children’s sandbox. Herbs and other edibles, such as strawberries, are planted just within the children’s reach.
