I first met Marni in the spring of 2018 when I visited Kingsland Wildflowers, a 22,000 square foot rooftop garden just 2 blocks from my house. I was surprised I had never heard of Kingsland before, but I have to admit: it’s not situated in a “destination hotspot” in New York City! I’m glad I went, however, because the green roof is not only impressive, but it serves as an incredible juxtaposition to its industrial surroundings. I hope you enjoy this episode!
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This is so amazing, I’ve wanted to see this type of stuff in my state or see if I could encourage community gardens. I didn’t know it was a thing. Very educational. The plant nerd in me is squealing.
I love its wild, nature feeling but still not out-off-control!
I love her, I wish more people respected and appreciated nature. What she said is how I feel 100% I don't have a company or anything, but I definitely think every building should have a green roof if possible. I LOVE it! <3 <3
One of my favorites!!!
I truly love the idea of 'Roof Top Growing' (especially in an Industrial Zone), but I am also fascinated by expenses and waste to create materials for such a task! Ex: Let's buy an Eco car (that utilizes electricity/battery) for power. Sure the end result is clean, but as we all know from physics, there are loses in the conversion system to create that electricity, to begin with. So, if H2O fuel cell existed [or were allowed to 😉 ], Then perhaps it would be worthwhile… Or if sollar was stored effectively for later use, then I'd feel more comfortable, but no such luck yet.
Very interesting tour. Thanks for sharing:)))
What a beautiful roof top. Hard to believe it's in NYC. Thank you again.
Where do you find cool affordable pottery?
More Kippee! Loved the show. Thanks.
One of the best episodes. Really good takes and editing. Those gardens are gorgeous.
Another great video, like always. But Kippee singing along with the end tune really made my day. Sorry Summer 🙂
Summer you're looking too exquisite ♥️
The idea of a green roof is so alien to me since we live in a small town with no skyscrapers. it’s absolutely amazing how y’all look like you’re in a real field but still have the skyscrapers poking around
They really need to do greenscaping for roofs and asphalt in Atlanta. The urban heat island here is ridiculous in it's temperature contrast, new york at least has the ocean to moderate it a little bit.
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Beautiful.
Interesting. Lots of different species up there. I saw Kippee walking around in the back round about 4:27 minutes into the video.