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Meh.

Medusa,
Give em a break. Plenty of outdoor spaces in New York are hideous and filled with garbage. These people added much needed greenery and even went out on a limb to build their own planters. I like. :)

Uh, where's the invitation? I'm down the block. Nice job.

These planter boxes could be/should be sub-irrigated rather than top watered. Benefits - healthier plants, perhaps 50% greater veggie production while saving precious water and time. It is a green solution that is still poorly understood...but that's finally changing thanks to informed bloggers, Facebook, Twitter...and of course Google.

I like this a lot. Congratulations!

I like it, so naive and unsophisticated...

I think it looks lovely and want an invite too. That looks like a tasty summer of dinners you are growing there!

Greenscaper, yes, you may be correct about the sub-irrigation being better, but sometimes when you're doing a project you have to start somewhere & do what you can do to make it happen. I'm all for green thinking. But some things just have to get accomplished over time with the tools, time & budget that are available.

Well done, I think you've done a great job.

Greenscaper,

Sorry to derail the conversation, but I'm about to add an irrigation system. I live in NYC. Where can I learn about sub-irrigation systems? Can I install myself? I'm pretty savvy with construction.

Thanks,
Vanessa

I think it's great. Not everything needs to be a grandiose example of "look what I can do!" This is clean, fresh, and modern. And breaks up the mundane grays and whites of urban landscapes without sticking out like a sore thumb. Well done