http://www.gunnlandscapes.com Gunn Landscape Architecture, PLLC. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:12:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We’ve been rewarded with a plentiful harvest of organic vegetables as a successful growing season in Bridgehampton comes to an end. The crop has yielded sweet onions, broccoli, bundles of arugula, and savory garlic. Vegetables grown organically are considerably more delicious (we think), and healthier, since they lack the carcinogens, ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2011/11/22/organic-gardening/ Earlier this week, members of the Gunn office ventured outdoors to Marine Park in Brooklyn, to volunteer with MillionTreesNYC. We spent the morning along with hundreds of others (and a number of rambunctious schoolchildren), planting over 1400 native tree species in a previously desolate area of the park. Volunteer coordinators ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2011/10/28/milliontreesnyc/ For those of us at Gunn Landscape Architecture, the cooler weather brings with it not a respite from the summer rush, but a flurry of construction on various exciting projects. In the Hamptons, we kicked off the fall season with the ground breaking of a future-LEED certified residence in Bridgehampton, New ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2011/10/18/ground-breaking-in-bridgehampton/ After a very busy week of preparation and installation, the Kips Bay Show House is now open to the public. The outdoor terraces, designed by Alec Gunn and Robert Stilin, are a gracious extension of the interior lounge areas. Framed with shaped boxwoods, the gardens create a lush and quiet ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2011/04/28/the-kips-bay-show-house-is-open/ We are proud to announce our participation in the 39th Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House! This year’s renowned showcase is taking up residence in an Upper East Side mansion, at 163 East 63rd Street, and the event will run from April 28 – May 26, 2011. According to the website for the ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2011/03/21/kips-bay-show-house/ Earlier this week, our office attended the 15th Annual Plant-O-Rama, a trade show and symposium for garden aficionados, hosted by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with the Metro Hort Group of New York City. This year, the event’s focus was among the peculiar, with lectures entitled “Perennial Favorites: New, Overlooked, and ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2011/01/27/gunn-at-plantorama/ Earlier this year, we wrote about the Spa at Trump SoHo Hotel as a work-in-progress. After a successful (and busy) spring, the project was finished in time for the summer season. And with private cabanas, a bocce ball court, an intimate indoor-outdoor bar, and a heated lounge pool--all with spectacular views ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2010/12/08/update-soho-spa/ It’s been some time since our last blog post here at Gunn, and while we apologize for our absence, we are happy to be able to blame the variety of exciting projects we’re working on that have kept us busy. Like this, for example--a penthouse terrace in New York City’s ... http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2010/12/03/work-in-progress-lexington-avenue-penthouse/ Join us as we follow the progress of our projects and explore ideas, products, and people that inspire our office, ranging from art and design, to horticulture, engineering, and construction. We hope you enjoy what you read and visit weekly for updates. http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2010/11/21/welcome-to-the-gunn-landscape-architecture-blog/ Gunn is featured in the April 2010 issue of Architectural Digest, pages 112-119. Pick up the April issue to view our work in Quogue, NY. http://www.gunnlandscapes.com/2010/03/26/gunn-in-architectural-digest/