Twelve Gardens Ltd

12/01/2024

Scenes from a Brooklyn meadow

06/29/2024

Hey it's the garden we donated! We took this off our client's office terrace on Park Ave and set it up in a playground in Red Hook, Brooklyn. So cool that the exec director of the incredible NY Restoration Project (which has developed gardens in so many public spaces, starting with Battery City) likes to roller skate in front of it!

Lynn Bodnar Kelly, executive director of Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project, e-bikes through Brooklyn and roller skates to the beat of Beyoncé.

11/28/2023

Need a little de-stress? Read our November newsletter🌳 https://www.twelvegardens.com/blog/about-the-garden-november-2023-lckxa

09/27/2022

It was fun to see one of our roof terrace gardens in the background of this Emma Thompson/Mindy Kaling movie, "Late Night!" (Tree tops on the terrace behind Mindy Kaling and Max Kasella, on the 16th floor:)

08/13/2021

educateThe right way to leave stems for native bees About 30% of New England’s native bees build nests above ground. Besides bee hotels (many of which have their own issues), a great way to support these above-ground nesting bees is to leave dead plant stems standing in gardens. Bees will lay and ...

07/21/2021

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Landscape DesignThomas Woltz is the principal and owner of Nelson B...

03/03/2021

Adjust your landscape design/installation to minimize carbon impacts and maximize climate positive design with the pathfinder app.

By using the Pathfinder, learn how to reduce carbon footprints and sequester more carbon to actively contribute to climate change solutions.

02/12/2021

Count those backyard birds!

Friday-Monday this weekend in the annual Audobon bird count--🐦

Every February, count for as little as 15 minutes in your own backyard to help expand our understanding of birds.

01/25/2021

No-Dig gardening preserves the soil structure, microorganisms, and natural relationships: beneficial for growing plants.

After 11 months of no feeds or fertilisers, see the fine growth of Homeacres vegetables, many planted in summer after clearing first harvests, and no compost...

01/21/2021

Garden Bernie

01/15/2021

Nearly all of Ethiopia’s old-growth forest has disappeared. This film tells the story of Ethiopia’s church forests–pockets of lush biodiversity that surround...