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Outdoor Landscaping  |   NYC, NY

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2019 NALP Award Winner

Design | Installation

Outdoor Landscaping |  Sustainable Plantings

A Northeast transitional succession planting


Founded in 1786 by a religious group, the school has been a long standing institution in the city of New York. After moving its location around for decades, it finally settled where it still remains today. Now, known as the oldest co-educational school in New York City, the building itself was in need of modernization. Unlike any other school in New York City, a private school in the heart of Gramercy Park envisioned and created an outdoor space for their students. The school created a space for outdoor learning, in addition to an area for reflection and awareness for both the students and faculty. The school took on an extensive renovation to its typical classroom spaces, as well as it’s not so typical outdoor classroom space. 

 

 

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Stunning design concept by the Landscape architecture firm. The most difficult part was determining how to properly construct the ornamental components for ease of installation. JM worked closely with the consultants and our vendors. In the end SUCCESS!

Alex S.

JOHN MINI DISTINCTIVE LANDSCAPES

 

Being an active school, with unique site conditions forced accessibility to be nearly impossible to cart in products. All items had to be hoisted up and over the school. Portions of this project had to be performed when school was out on breaks due to overhead work.

The space allows for both group lessons and individual reflection. The combination of native shrubs and perennials only accent the understory and offers users an eye level view of an important ecology that once was so dominant in our region. 

Further, some layers could be left unplanted to feature the trellis architecture and allow for vines to embrace it and frame windows into the trellis and its lush depths. The dramatic, green machine introduction that the trellis delivers required bold gestures to continue the look throughout the site.

The powder coated aluminum planters have a one of a kind IPE coping. The coping was milled and assembled off site and fit together perfectly onsite. Our manufacturers delivered an impeccable product for a one of a kind space that required immense attention to detail. Certified crane operators were utilized to ensure a safe and secure job site. Safety was paramount to the success of the project.

The water garden is a welcoming surprise hidden behind a row of handsome boxwoods. The gentle sound of water offers a calming reflective opportunity not often found in an educational environment. From overhead, the garden appears to take a formal approach. The geometric, hard straight lines of the planters and benches allow for the newly installed Buxus microphylla ‘Winter Gem’ to stand out in massing. 

Leadership

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Projects with difficult access for installations create several challenges but, in the end, they create spaces people never expect to find. Being part of the JM team helping bring these hiding gems to life for a client is what I always look forward to, day after day.

Peter A.

Peter A.