Gardens
Internal courtyard
In the front entry, a walkway of concrete slabs appears to float over beds that function as rain gardens, which collect water and allow it to soak back into the ground. The beds are designed as water-moving swales or low tracts of land, amended with quick-draining soil and crushed rocks and planted with moisture-loving sedges, rushes, camas and irises. The swales collect, slow down and drain rainwater as it flows down the slope above the home. Using gravel for the driveway, rather than poured concrete, also helps rainwater to drain on-site.
A terraced landscape manages run-off and erosion
Colour and textures; lightness
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