PJ's Studio: Amherst roof garden

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Amherst Roof Garden 4

For a decade I lavished love and care on the Amherst roof garden.

So. I am surprised that I haven’t posted more photos of it.

I can’t take all the credit for its beauty. I rounded up lots of volunteers from the building to help out.

We started with perennials. (They come up every year.)

Roses for the sunniest spot.

(Irises share the boxes with the roses since they come up first.)

Clematis for the trellis.

And hydrangeas,

and Rose of Sharon for summer blooming.

Then we threw in some annuals for good measure. 😊

Here are the previous blogs…

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/02/amherst-roses.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2016/06/bearded-irises-2.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2019/06/amherst-roof-garden.html

Ciao

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Amherst Roof Garden

I was able to visit the Amherst roof garden over the Memorial Day weekend before it closed for the season.

Sadly we are pointing the building this summer so all outdoor space will be off limits for the duration.

Too bad.

The gardens are particularly beautiful this year.

They are extremely lush now.

And the boxes that contain the roses and irises are beautiful bouquets of different colors and textures.

The juxtaposition between the garden and the surrounding concrete creates a delightful contrast.

But the biggest surprise was that the carnations, which were planted as annuals years ago, are apparently so happy in their boxes that they have both turned into perennials and taken them over.

They really were just too cute.

Maybe next year they can be spread out to other boxes.

Here are some previous blogs about the Amherst garden...

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/02/amherst-roses.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2016/06/bearded-irises-2.html

Cheers!