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For his rooftop garden designs in New York, the Museum ot the City of New York honored Jon Carloftis with its prestigious
landscape design award.
landscape design classes. Next thing he knew he was in bring nature inside."
New York’s Upper East Side, passing out business cards Recently, Carloftis met with actress Julianne
to doormen at some of the city’s most elite buildings. Moore at her New York City residence to discuss her
Noted art collectors Barbara and Eugene Schwartz gave hopes for her next rooftop garden, the third he has
him his first chance, hiring him to design one rooftop designed for her. For this one. his plans will need to
container. That was all it took. He’s had as many clients be kid —— and basketball — friendly.
as he can handle simply through word of mouth, ever i‘The first garden I did for her was all red flowers,
since. which was odd, because here’s this beautiful redhead.
Carloftis not only designs his gardens, but also installs And the second garden was all shades of green. And
and maintains them monthly with the help of his staff of now, at her third residence, she has young children so
four. He likes to keep his client base to about 30 gardens. there is a little miniature basketball hoop right out
More than that and "I’d lose the joy of it," he says. "I like there. And that’s part of it," he says. “To me, it needs
working with people and having time to really listen to to be lived in. I can`t stand those houses or those gar-
what they want and how they plan to use the space." dens where you come in and you feel like you can`t sit
When Craig and Madonna Turner of Lexington down. It’s so fake. I want people to be comfortable,
turned to Carloftis for help designing their backyard wherever they are, but especially in my gardens?
pool and landscaping, they explained that they wanted to
create a pool with very rounded, natural edges. "He sat CREATING AMBIANCE
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