DeZwager/Maplethorpe Garden Garage

Project Name: DeZwager/Maplethorpe Garden Garage Year: 2007 Owner: DeZwager and Maplethorpe Location: Tacoma, WA, USA Building Type: Single-Family Residential Type: Extensive System: Single Source Provider Size: 1000 sq.ft. Slope: 5% Access: Inaccessible, Private Submitted by: Greenroofs.com Designers/Manufacturers of Record: Designers: Homeowner DeZwager and Maplethorpe Greenroof Consultant: Patrick Carey, hadj design

Homeowner Vivian DeZwager had agreed to sacrifice much of her backyard gardening space so her husband Joe Maplethorpe would have a place for his woodworking hobby, but then realized she could have also have a garden with plants to draw a picture. She imagined a pastoral scene: a tree with generous branches, supporting a garden swing, the sun?s rays shining down. "DeZwager planted succulents on the roof and created a design using plants and broken ceramic and terra cotta pieces as mulch. When fully grown, the plants will form a picture of a sun-dappled tree and its branches,"(Cafazzo, 2008 - see below). Among other drought tolerant plants, the homeowner selected succulents such as hens-and-chicks, sedums and ice plants.

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Read "A Garden In The Sky: A Sloping Garage Roof Becomes An Elevated Landscape" in the Courant.com by Debbie Cafazzo here. Visit the hadj Design website here, and contact greenroof designer Patrick Carey at phone: 425.482.9763 or email: pkc@hadj.net.

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