OPEN STUDIO - Garden Gate

Harrison Green updates a forlorn Brooklyn warehouse as its own pastoral haven

- JULIE COE

In a postindustrial corner of Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, tucked behind a vine-covered fence, sits the studio and nursery of garden design firm Harrison Green. The two-story building, stuccoed jet-black, has the air of a modern farmhouse plunked down far from its country home. Past the gate, ivy climbs the walls, garden furniture and statuary dot the pebbled grounds, and potted boxwood flank a stone pathway. It makes a compelling case for Harrison Green’s particular expertise: creating thoughtful green spaces for cramped urban quarters.