NYC URBAN GARDENING & LIFESTYLE
Creating green spaces in urban places.
Urban gardening inspiration, seasonal guidance, and a community for city dwellers who believe nature belongs everywhere — rooftop, balcony, fire escape, or windowsill.
Explore the Garden
Rooted in Nature • Inspired by the City
GardenGirlNYC is your guide to creating thriving green spaces in the city. . .from rooftops and balconies to backyards and fire escapes and everything in between.
Urban Gardening
Smart ideas for balconies, rooftops, yards and small spaces — wherever you grow in the city.
Garden to Table
Grow fresh food and flowers that nourish and delight. Seasonal recipes from the rooftop to your plate.
Pollinators & Nature
Support pollinators, biodiversity and the flowers that nourish and delight the urban ecosystem.
Seasonal Living
Timely tips and inspiration to help your garden thrive all year long, season by beautiful season.
Rooted in the City 🌿
Rooted is the GardenGirlNYC newsletter.
A weekly-ish letter from my garden to yours. Seasonal growing tips, NYC gardening advice, garden-to-table recipes, pollinator sightings, and the kind of nature content that makes city living feel a little more alive.
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A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME
Hey there, I'm Julie.
Urban gardener. Storyteller. NYC rooftop grower.
Born and raised in New York City, I spent years believing that nature was something you visited. . .Central Park on weekends, the occasional tree pit on the walk to school. Then I got my first outdoor space, and everything changed. What started as an experiment became a thriving rooftop garden full of tomatoes, lavender, echinacea, herbs, and more pollinators than I ever expected to find above a city skyline. My blue heeler Deli oversees operations. She's not much help with the watering, but she's always ready for digging & snacking on a cucumber or two.
xo, Julie
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