Roof Gardens

Invisible from the street, New York is home to a number of very special and secret gardens. Perched atop buildings and nestled into the skyline, today's modern private roof gardens boast a wide variety of upscale amenities, including pools, outdoor showers, full professional grade kitchens and grills, and sun tanning spaces. Whether traditional or modern, urban roof gardens offer those lucky enough to own them tranquility and a much needed respite from the surrounding concrete jungle.

Other features include custom, FSC certified decking, tiered planter beds, automatic irrigation systems, full wet bar, water features and custom designed pergolas.

The Caledonia, a new luxury development overlooking Chelsea's High Line, features richly landscaped gardens and roof decks on several levels of the brand new building. The private interior courtyard on the roof of the second floor is replete with walking paths and seating areas, a meditation garden and yoga practice space, and is lined with dozens of mature trees. The three roof gardens offer the comforts of home in an outdoor setting- Full kitchens, bars and barbecue areas, a large sundeck with rows of comfortable chaise lounge, even a shower to cool off while sunning.

Tour the images in the slideshow to experience some recent roof garden projects BDBnyc Landscape Design has created.