New York landscape firm Harrison Green is the name behind some of the city’s most interesting public and private gardens—on rooftops and terraces, and tiny, hidden backyards. Longstanding members of the Gardenista Architect/Designer directory, the team, run by husband-and-wife duo Damien and Jacqueline Harrison, is full service: they specialize in not only designing, but planting and maintaining their work year-round (The Row and Mark Jacobs are clients).
The Harrisons now stand ready to furnish and accessorize outdoor spaces: Galerie Green, their new online-only emporium, presents hard-to-find antique and vintage garden elements, from 1920s carved wooden mushrooms to carefully refinished French sunburst chairs and stone tables. Their offerings, they say, are about “craftsmanship, proportion, and patina” and the case for “longevity and authenticity over the new and disposable.” Caveat: this is a weighty collection in every sense of the word and prices are steep. Join us for a look at the initial offerings presented in Harrison Green’s own Brooklyn studio garden.
Photography by Billal Taright, styling by Colin King, courtesy of Galerie Green (@galeriegreennyc).
Above: A pair of French Cast Stone Cornucopia Finials from the 1950s “equally suited to flank an entryway, anchor a garden path, or bring architectural presence to a serene, verdant space,” write the Harrisons. The 19th-century Cast Stone Heart-Leg Bench has hearts inlaid in its base.
Above: A set of four 1950s Sculptural Wrought Iron Armchairs of refinished metal with new seat cushions. The circular French Modernist Cast Stone Table dates from the 1960s. The round planters on plinths are midcentury French Cast Stone Garden Urns.
Above: A pair of circa 1990 Royère-Style Perforated Iron Armchairs. See above for info on the planters.
Above: A 1950s Brown Jordan Walter Lamb Bronze Patio Set: the four chairs have been restrung and the café table is newly topped with a weathered travertine slab. The goddess relief in the background is a Concrete Depiction of Gradiva Plaque.
Above: One of a pair of Terracotta Classical Lidded Urns in “excellent vintage condition.”
Above: A Pair of 1930s François Carré Sunburst Armchairs—this familiar style with give, the Harrisons explain, was “initially designed in the late 19th century for use in Parisian public spaces like parks and boulevards” and was “considered revolutionary for its time, becoming highly sought after for grand estates and villas.” Galerie Green’s restored chairs have a new powder-coated white finished.
Above: A cast-iron Curly Fanback Café Table and Four Chairs. The set has been finished with a new powder coating and the seats are upholstered in a Zak & Fox outdoor-safe fabric.
Above: The Harrisons note that their offerings work well indoors as well as out. Shown here, a large Pair of Cast Stone Figural Garden Urns on wreath-decorated bases and a circa 1950 Classical Cast Stone Garden Urn.
Above: “Galerie Green emerged as a natural next chapter in the way we bring spaces to life,” says Damien. “Every detail is intentional and beauty and utility exist in harmony.” He and Jacqueline are shown here on their Brooklyn stoop alongside boxwood topiaries in Italian terracotta pots. Photograph by Nicholas Calcott.
Featured image: Assorted urns alongside a 1930s Patinated Bronze Head of Lacoonte and a bust from a collection of Cast Figures. For advice on layering in pieces like these, see How to Add Antiques Artfully to Any Garden and An Insider’s Guide to Vintage Planters.
A Harrison Green garden and some tips:
