7 DAY SPOTLIGHT – DAY 5 (Keeping It Local): Besides doing landscape design throughout the city, Annie and Jeff of Tiny Terra Ferma work to create green space for city dwellers in their own Manayunk backyard. “We both live right up the street,” Jeff says. “How many landscape design companies get to walk to a project?” When it comes to designing in Manayunk backyards, most homeowners struggle with privacy, shade and water runoff. Annie and Jeff work to find solutions to these problems while also reestablishing ecosystems with high design. “We are highly aware that we are providing a habitat for insects and birds,” Annie says. “If you build it, they will come. The day you put in plants butterflies and birds will show up, we will leave for lunch and come back and they’ve found it.” They aren’t just doing traditional landscape design, their designs incorporate plant biodiversity, natural cooling, and wood protection and are functional in the small square footage of Manayunk properties. “Every square inch is important,” Jeff says. “We use a collection of plants that are smaller or grow more narrow like Armstrong Red Maples which only grow 7-10 feet wide and 30 feet tall, much smaller than the straight species.” #7DAYSPOTLIGHT #MNYK #TinyTerraFerma #Shop
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:00:01 +0000