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SHELTER | OUTSIDE The Sky’s the Limit Turn your rooftop space into a garden oasis with Raymond Jungles. From Miami Beach to the Bahamas, Raymond Jungles can transform a blasé rooftop deck into an exotic tropi- cal garden. The landscape architect brings outdoor living spaces to life not only with innovation and creativity, but also with a green thumb, as well. A few years ago in Coconut Grove, Florida, Jungles was faced with a difficult challenge: creating a rooftop garden that blended in with the style of the 1930s Spanish Colonial inte- rior of his client’s home. The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Rooftop Garden was initially one of Jungles’ greatest challenges, but it soon became one of his greatest triumphs. “This project was in a very refined space on the top of a 39-story building,” Jungles explains. “It was brutal be- cause I had to create human elements in an elegant space that blended in with the Spanish architectural style.” Jungles was able to create elements in the outdoor space that made the owners feel as if they were at ground top of the world The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Rooftop Garden in Coconut Grove, FL. level. What was once a distilled and basic living space became a tropi- cal garden with exotic and tranquil the get venturi flame fire tables We can’t think of anything more relaxing than lounging outside on a penthouse deck overlooking the ocean in the early evening with a beverage and good company. But more often than not, building codes prohibit the use of firepits unless you live on the ground level. Fortunately, the designers at the Outdoor Greatroom Company have a solution: the Venturi Flame, a distinctive spin- ning flame lodged in portable fire pit tables. It runs on non-toxic, clean-burning gel biofuel and gas. The technology uses a turbo disc combined with a glass cylinder resulting in a unique twisting flame. Now, the only question is, where are the marshmallows? 866-303-4028, outdoorrooms.com. 28 oceanhomemag.com july + august 2010 surroundings. “One key component to keep in mind with any rooftop garden is shade,” says Jungles. “I had to create an overhead structure because the sun is blaring up there. I used alpine-type plants with low- water requirement and also designed and engineered awnings with a wind sensor that open and close depending how strong the wind is.” The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Rooftop Garden includes spacious walkways, a small area to accommo- date patio seating, luscious foliage with sun-protective vines, three ex- quisite waterfalls, and an elegant pool that trickles over a front wall to add ambiance to the sitting area. 305-858- 6777, raymondjungles.com. —Terri Ogan Raymond Jungles photographs by Steven Brooke