URBAN JUNGLE DESIGNS 2024

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Committed to enhancing urban environments with beauty and vibrancy, Urban Jungle is the go-to destination for property owners seeking expert solutions in the realm of garden spaces. Our adaptability to the constraints of urban properties is matched only by our commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes.

Established in 2009 as an urban garden center in the heart of South Philadelphia on Passyunk Avenue, Urban Jungle has evolved into a multifaceted organization with the capacity to manufacture a wide range of garden inspired products. Our journey includes significant milestones, such as the acquisition of a CNC machine in 2018, opening doors to greater creativity and efficiency for us and our clients.

Explore our precision-measured planters, decorative panels, trellis, window boxes, railing planters, and living walls. Custom sizes and colors are our standard. We invite you to bring your landscape projects to us, whether you’re a homeowner, property manager, architect, landscape architect, developer, or general contractor. With over a decade of experience, we are confident that we can turn any vision into an exciting green reality. Our palette includes trees, shrubs, herbaceous flowering plants, pedestal pavers, shade structures, outdoor kitchens, LED lights and a belief in the potential of Philadelphia gardens to soften city living and add quality of life benefits for all.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROFILES

Curt Alexander

Jane Winkel

Celeste Starita,

GARDENS

G1 Fitler Square

G2 Center City

G3 Old City

G4 Northern Liberties

G5 South Philadelphia

G6 Society Hill

G7 Logan Square

G8 Old City

LIVING WALLS AND MOSS WALLS

GW1 Philadelphia International Airport

GW2 Imvax

GW3 New Hope

GW4 Meradia

GREEN ROOFS

GR1 Brandywine Realty Trust

GR2 Northern Liberties

GR3 Rittenhouse Square

RESTAURANTS

R1 La Chinesca

R2 Bridget Foy’s

R3 Kensington Quarters

R4 Milk Jawn

PRODUCT DESIGN + FABRICATION

CLIENT LIST

SEASONAL INSTALLATIONS

Curt Alexander

Curt is the founder of Urban Jungle, and he oversees all aspects of the business. He has an MBA, a degree from West Point, and a technical background in engineering. Curt grew up on a farm in California, where he gained experience in horticulture. He is uniquely positioned to build outdoor spaces in the city, and he continues to expand the scope of Urban Jungle services.

Jane Winkel

Jane is our vice president and garden designer. She has an MLA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a professional background in green roofs, photography, flower design, marketing, and sustainalbe design practices. She works with the fabrication team to design and develop new products. She is our cost estimator.

Celeste Starita

Celeste joined the Urban Jungle Designs team in 2021 as our Director of Operations and she oversees project management. She has a MFA and has been actively involved in community gardens for over 20 years.

G1 Roof Garden

Fitler Square

We worked with the client’s landscape architect to design and install this roof garden, which is truly an outdoor room. The homeowner can walk out a set of glass double doors to an ipe paver surface that transitions to porcelain without a level change. Urban Jungle fabricated trough planters for the perimeter and supplied large round containers for specimen trees. Stellar views of the skyline are framed and preserved.

Services:

Design + Fabrication

Low Voltage LED Lights

Porcelain and Ipe Pavers

Plant Selection

Seasonal Installations

Irrigation System

G2 Roof Gardens

Center City

South facing decks are a desirable amenity in the city, especially when they come with a retractable canvas roof that provides shelter from the sun through the push of a button. On summer days our client can open the roof and on starry nights she can retract the canvas and take in the night sky. Linear LED lights embedded in the canvas add ambiance when the canvas is open at ninght. The neighbor nextdoor liked her shade structure so much he asked us to provided the same roof for his roof deck.

Services:

Design + Fabrication

Motorized Aluminum

Shade Structure

Plant Selection

Seasonal Installations

Irrigation System

G3 Roof Gardens

Old City

We designed and installed a lightweight louvered aluminum pergola on a sixth floor roof deck overlooking the Delaware River and the Ben Franklin Bridge. The structure covers the length and width of the roof deck. LED lights, embedded in the louvers, add ambiance at night. The homeowner uses the space to relax and entertain friends and colleagues. In planters on the parapet walls, we planted a selection of small specimen evergreen pines and drought tolerant perennials leaving the roof surface free for furniture.

Services:

Design + Fabrication

Motorized Aluminum

Shade Structure

Plant Selection

Irrigation System

G4 Roof Gardens

Northern Liberties

In the city privacy comes at a premium. On this roof deck, we designed and fabricated grid trellis and trough planters to create an enclosed space open to the sky. Our client and their neighbors across the parapet wall benefit from the repeating pattern of the tall screens with a vibrant plant palette. Annual and native perennial vines climb the screens and specimen trees punctuate the open corners. Low shrubs and perennials fill out the trough planters.

Services:

Design + Fabrication

Plant Selection

Irrigation System

South Philadelphia G5 Gardens

Our client moved from a loft with a roof garden that we designed for her to a South Philadelphia row home with a large back yard. In her new home, she wanted a lush back yard to entertain family, friends, and local pollinators. We installed curved corten steel edging to create raised beds. Raised beds helped to create a sense of enclosure while providing enough soil volume to support a vibrant plant palette including trees, shrubs, flowering perennials, and climbing roses. We included landscape lights for ambiance and drama at night.

Services:

Design + Fabrication

Plant Selection

LED Lights

Irrigation System

The Amble

We worked with Nic Patrick Landscapes to implement his design for Parkway Corporation’s new multi-unit residential roof garden. The roof deck is a private and secure amenity for residents of the building. Flowering trees, shrubs, perennials and grasses are placed where they frame views of the Customs House, the Ben Franklin Bridge and the Center City skyline. Efficient irrigation sustains the plant palette and low-voltage LED lights add atmosphere after dark.

Services:

Installation

LED Lights

Irrigation System

Logan Square

Services:

Design + Fabrication

Plant Selection

Irrigation System

On this roof deck we used plants to help create and frame three outdoor rooms. A concrete table is backed by perimeter of trough planters with flowering trees and shrubs. A seating area with sofas and chairs is framed in four corners by large round planters with Boxwood. The grill area includes herbs and edible flowers.

G7 Roof Garden

G8 Roof Garden

Society Hill

Services::

Design + Fabrication Plant Selection

We created a Boxwood garden on the second floor balcony off of a room that once was the office of President James Madison. Over a detached garage we supplemented the plant palette with new varieties of perennials and added free standing pots with small trees. On the patio off the living room, we added small trees and drought tolerant perennials. For the street side front windows, we fabricated historic style window boxes to replicate the existing pair which had begun to decay.

GW1 Living Walls & Moss Walls

Philadelphia International Airport—Terminal B,C

The Philadelphia International Airport is home to an Urban Jungle Living Wall. This is a proprietary system developed by the founder of Urban Jungle. With Kelly Maiello Architects and DJ Keating, our team designed and installed 42’ of living wall above the American Airline ticketing counter in the B/C terminal. The wall features a corner joint where a 24’ section meets an 18’ section. This is our largest living wall to date. This project is part of an airport-wide restroom renovation initiative. Our living wall is located on the outside of the food court facilities.

Imvax Biotech

We designed and installed a full-scale Urban Jungle Living Wall in the Curtis Building for Imvax, a Philadelphia-based company on the forefront of innovative immunotherapy treatments. Imvax combines office space, lab space, and a waiting area on one floor. Our living wall is located by a bank of east facing windows in a sun filled room, and it is visible the moment the elevator doors open up into the space.

GW3 Living Walls & Moss Walls

New Hope

This light filled room includes an Urban Jungle Living Wall framed with rustic beams, a theme that runs through the building. The home sits on the Delaware River and in the morning when the sun hits the water and shines on the walls the effect is. lovely.

Meradia

We designed this wall to meet our client’s vision for a piece that looks like a moss cliff that you could happen upon while on a walk through the woods. In the process we discovered that it takes artifice to create a look that is natural. The moss wall is prominently located in an office that incorporates biophilic elements as part of the interior design scheme and many generous employee perks for the staff. The office includes a series of moss walls designed by Urban Jungle.

GW4 Living Walls & Moss Walls

GR1 Green Roofs

Brandywine Realty Trust

At One Commerce on the 29th floor terrace, we designed and managed the installation of green roofs for Brandywine Realty Trust. The green roof is a visual amenity for a law firm that occupies the floor. The shapes of the green roof sections were inspired by the repeating shapes found in the building, which was designed by I.M. Pei in the 1980’s. The shapes occur throughout the building and can be seen in the parapet walls on this roof deck.

GR2 Green Roofs

Northern Liberties

This residential roof garden includes a small green roof, Urban Jungle planters, pedestal pavers, small trees, broad leaf evergreen shrubs, and herbaceous flowering plants. We worked with Henck Design to develop a materials palette that coordinates with the interior design of the home and an elegant furniture layout on the roof. The client wanted to evoke a feeling of warmth and enclosure while preserving views of the neighborhood skyline.

GR3 Green Roofs

Rittenhouse Square

This Rittenhouse residential green roof features a terrace that wraps around the perimeter of the 24th floor stopping short of a full 360 degrees. We designed and installed two intensive green roof areas with LED luminaires and paver pathways. The green roof plant palette includes perennials, sedum, and ornamental grasses. Urban Jungle provided planters, pedestal pavers, small trees, shrubs, and herbaceous flowering plants for the roof deck. We worked with Canno Design and ASW Hobart on this challenging project.

R1 Restaurants & Commercial Spaces

La Chinesca

Our team worked with the restaurant’s design and construction team to create a comfortable and lively outdoor space that functions as an extension of the interior space. Using plants, containers, artificial grass, and brightly colored shade cloths, we contributed to the making of an inviting space on a busy gritty city corner on Callowhill in The Earserhood neighborhood. We worked with North Standard on this project. The site was originally a Jiffy Lube.

R3, R4, R5 Restaurants & Commercial Spaces

Bridget Foy’s

Slim red window boxes brighten the corner and support a vibrant plant palette.

Kensington Quarters

Plants attract attention to the sign and soften the entrance.

Milk Jawn

Artisinal ice cream and seasonal flowers—What could be better!?

Urban Jungle Products

Designed + Fabricated In-house

R1 Window Boxes* • Historic Window Boxes* • Trough Planters*

R2 Trough Planter with Detail* • Grid Trellis • Grid Trellis Planter*

R3 Meter Cover • Oasis Living Wall • Plant Flight Kit

R4 Parapet Planters* • Railing Planters

*This Product available with Controlled Drainage.

Made in Philadelphia

Designed + Fabricated by Urban Jungle

Oasis Living Wall + Plant Flight Kit

The Plant Flight Kit + Oasis Living Wall are thoughtfully designed to work together and provide living walls for commercial spaces. Using the same proven solid media from our decade of living wall installations, we have developed a family of products that will keep plants healthy—with no mess and little maintenance. Our PFKs are sleek and minimal so that you can bring plants into any light filled space. We offer them in three sizes and four colors. Combine plants and create a unique coordinating display. They make a great welcoming gift for new hires.

Services for the Roof and Yard

Above: Concrete counter top with Kebony Panels and Novo Grill.

Top Right: Ipe Pavers on Adjustable Pedestals.

Bottom Right: Porcelain Pavers on Adjustable Pedestals.

Client List

DANIEL J. KEATING COMPANY

PELCO BUILDERS, INC.

BENCHMARK CONSTRUCTION

U.S. CONSTRUCTION

BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST

THE NATIONAL WISE

FORMCRAFT

PARKWAY CORPORATION

PALACE BUILDERS

SONDER

LE VIRTU

THE YOWIE HOTEL

MILK JAWN

SOMO MANAYUNK IMVAX

RITTENHOUSE INVESTMENT PARTNERS

ONE RIVERSIDE HOA

EQUISOFT MERADIA

TORRADO CONSTRUCTION CO, INC

KATER COURT HOMEOWNERS ASSOC

JSC REAL ESTATE LLC

CRY BABY PASTA

BRIGET FOY’S

VERNICK FOOD AND DRINK

OCF REALTY

THE LENOX CONDOMINIUM

CAMCO MANAGEMENT

RESERVE AT PACKER PARK

WHOLE FOODS

K’FAR CAFÉ

CHOP

ALEXANDER INN

CASA FARNESE

BEECHWOOD PROPERTY HOLDINGS

BOK BAR

MANAYUNK DEVELOPMENT CORP

FEAST YOUR EYES

WILLIAM PENN HOUSE

RITTENHOUSE MANAGEMENT

PARC

YOUNG CHILDREN’S CFA

MEJURI

RIVERS EDGE CONDOMINIUMS

BLONDIE BISTRO & BAR

HENCK DESIGN

FRANKLIN INN CLUB

Urban Jungle

NURSERY

1721 S. Water St. (215) 952-6888

SHOP

1526 E. Passyunk Ave. (215) 952-0811

MANUFACTURING

2501 Wharton St. Bldg. H

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