who we are

Birch and Basil Design is a boutique, Manhattan-based landscape design firm specializing in the urban domain of rooftop gardens, terraces, and backyards. We believe nature and landscapes provide life-changing benefits

Terrace with fiberglass planters, tall birch trees, hydrangeas, a perennial garden, green roof, porcelain pavers, landscape lighting, luxury lighting, automatic irrigation, luxury furniture and restoration hardware furniture
Featured Work

Terraces for a Financial Services Firm

These amenity terraces for employees are ideal locations for alfresco meetings, lunches and the like. Work is better when you can do it under a tree!

Our Story

Hi, I’m Kristin

The principal, Kristin Monji, brings a California sensibility to East Coast gardens, having spent her formative years climbing trees and exploring orange groves in Southern California. Kristin is a landscape designer, horticulturist and certified arborist from Orange County, California. She is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine.

Clients we worked with

Featured Video: Upper East Side Penthouse

2023 Projects Before & After Video

Watch the before and after transformations from five of our favorite projects from 2023.