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| Garden Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash |
Mary Catesby Halsey is an accomplished florist and entrepreneur in New York City. While owning her own gardening company, MCH Floral Studio, she did the store's installation and design for the Macy's Flower show in 2018 and 2019. With the goal of beautifying both indoor and outdoor spaces, Mary Catesby Halsey has a keen interest in urban landscaping.
City living most often means there is limited space for outdoor gardens. But as long as sun and water are available to plants, an urban landscape design can take shape. Although space is limited, rooftops, balconies, and stoops can all be transformed into petite gardens with species of plants that can thrive in confined spaces. Container gardening utilizes window boxes, tree pits, and terraces where plants can be grown in small pots. Living walls or wall gardening uses vertical spaces by implementing hanging pots, trellises, and even recycled items to create a decorative display. These vertical gardens can include an integrated irrigation system, but whether irrigated or watered with a watering can, wall gardens need to be drained carefully when in restricted spaces.
A rooftop is an ideal place for urban landscaping with its direct exposure to sunlight and rain. Long vented plastic containers are often used for rooftop gardens. If there is no area that is well lit, gardeners can still grow plants that are tolerant of low light. These include herbs such as parsley, mint, and oregano.
