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Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
We were contacted by the owner of a Houston, Texas home who asked us to design a series of gardens and landscaping features that would compliment and expand the Mediterranean theme of his house into the surrounding landscape. This house sat on a very large lot of several acres in a secluded Memorial Drive neighborhood located near the 610 Loop. The home featured a symmetrical, linear appearance in spite of its two-story build, and our client wanted a landscape and garden design that would follow these same principles of self-contained regularity and subtle linear motion.
Creating a Mediterranean theme in a Houston, Texas garden and landscape is a bit more complex that it might appear at face value. The southern coast of Europe—particularly in Italy and Greece—is a mountainous area where homes and gardens are built on steep angles and sharp vertical rises. Gardens and fields are often built in terraces that climb the mountains due to the limited planting area and rough, rocky terrain. Limestone is the predominant rock type in Italy and Greece and has become iconic of this part of the world in our collective consciousness. Mediterranean homes and gardens are historically famous for their white stucco walls, olive groves, and carefully sculptured greenery embedded in a rugged limestone backdrop.
The challenge lay in taking an essentially three-dimensional landscaping style and transfering it to a Houston property. As we all know, this part of Texas is very flat, so a hillside garden is out of the question in the literal sense. However, using a combination of symmetrical forms and linear progressions, along with some innovative garden materials, we were able to mimic several aspects of seaside European terrain.
The key to doing this was to establish a combination of circular forms and linear patterns in the multiple garden elements we designed. French and Italian gardens place a heavy emphasis on order and symmetry, and both tend to utilize right angles to establish form. We planted a variety of low level growth around the house and rear swimming pool patio to emphasize its walls and corners. We then added three keynote forms to the landscape to create a Houston equivalent of a Mediterranean garden.
The first of these forms was a knot garden centered on the front door, located just in front of the home’s motorcourt. We planted boxwoods in three circular rows that looked like terraces on a hillside. In the center of the knot garden we planted Loropatalum, punctuated with a lone Crinum lily as the center piece. The rich purple of the Loropatalum draws catches the eye, and the vertical dimension added by the lily draws it upward to the front entrance of the house.
Moving then to one side of the house, we transformed a substantial portion of the yard into a parterre garden that centered on a large glass room that extended from the west wing of the house. This garden was populated by low-growth rose bushes whose amenability to constant trimming makes them an ideal plant material for parterre gardens, and whose colorful blooms a made them stand out from multiple vantage points throughout this Houston neighborhood. The garden borders were made from of boxwood hedges, and the central pathways were made using European limestone gravel that mimics the color of the limestone cliffs of the Aegean and Adriatic Seas. We then completed the design by adding dwarf yaupon, a small shrub that bears a curious resemblance to clouds, all along the borders of the gravel walkways. This helped create the impression that the garden was located on a hilltop near the sea, and that the clouds were rolling across the shoreline.
One of the most appealing attributes of this Houston, Texas property is its superb location. The back of the yard borders a 50-foot ravine carved out of the earth by a major tributary of Buffalo Bayou. This seemed to us a natural destination spot for garden guests to visit after strolling around the west wing of the home to the pool. To encourage them to do so, we planted an alley of crepe myrtles leading from the pool area all the way back to the woods along the ravine. We then built a walkway out of limestone aggregate blocks that started at the parterre garden, ran alongside the house to the pool, then ran straight out through the alley of trees to the scenic overlook of the forest and stream below. For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.
Elements Design Build
Stunning French Provincial stucco cottage with integrated stone walled garden. Designed and Built by Elements Design Build. The warm shaker roof just adds to the warmth and detail. www.elementshomebuilder.com www.elementshouseplans.com
Jasmine McClelland Design
Award winning Jasmine McClelland designed this French provincial kitchen that was runner up in the 2014 HIA Renovated Kitchen project.
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Jonathan Ivy Productions
Design ideas for a mediterranean bedroom in Houston with carpet and red floor.
Design ideas for a mediterranean bedroom in Houston with carpet and red floor.
Kristin Hoaglund Design
This beautiful French Provincial home is set on 10 acres, nestled perfectly in the oak trees. The original home was built in 1974 and had two large additions added; a great room in 1990 and a main floor master suite in 2001. This was my dream project: a full gut renovation of the entire 4,300 square foot home! I contracted the project myself, and we finished the interior remodel in just six months. The exterior received complete attention as well. The 1970s mottled brown brick went white to completely transform the look from dated to classic French. Inside, walls were removed and doorways widened to create an open floor plan that functions so well for everyday living as well as entertaining. The white walls and white trim make everything new, fresh and bright. It is so rewarding to see something old transformed into something new, more beautiful and more functional.
FormLA Landscaping
The flagstone pavers, gravel and Mediterranean foliage pictured here replaced an expansive lawn. The garden now highlights the charm of the home's French Provincial architecture, earning accolades from La Canada Valley Beautiful and Arroyo Monthly.
First Avenue Homes
Sam Martin - Four Walls Media
Inspiration for an expansive contemporary kitchen/dining combo in Melbourne with white walls and dark hardwood floors.
Inspiration for an expansive contemporary kitchen/dining combo in Melbourne with white walls and dark hardwood floors.
Linda Woods Design
A French Country Renovation by Interior Designer Linda Woods based in Perth Hills. A beautiful new vintage French Country kitchen.
Inspiration for a transitional kitchen in Perth with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, black appliances, with island and white benchtop.
Inspiration for a transitional kitchen in Perth with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, multi-coloured splashback, black appliances, with island and white benchtop.
Wallrocks
Stunning dining room with original 19th century French oak parquetry top dining table matched with Louis XV dining chairs and gilded French mirror
This is an example of a large country kitchen/dining combo in Brisbane with grey walls, medium hardwood floors and a wood fireplace surround.
This is an example of a large country kitchen/dining combo in Brisbane with grey walls, medium hardwood floors and a wood fireplace surround.
Earth Mama Landscape Design
Once a forgotten, moldy putting green—now a healthy vegetable garden. Raised beds were built and filled with organic soil and leaf mold. This garden provides the family with spring through late fall vegetables including lettuces, tomatoes, beets, peas, eggplant, zucchini, asparagus, and a ton of basil and other herbs! Please visit the website for more photos of this project.
First Avenue Homes
Sam Martin - Four Walls Media
Design ideas for an expansive traditional three-storey concrete grey house exterior in Melbourne with a gable roof and a tile roof.
Design ideas for an expansive traditional three-storey concrete grey house exterior in Melbourne with a gable roof and a tile roof.
William T Baker
James Lockhart photography
Expansive traditional two-storey grey exterior in Atlanta with stone veneer and a hip roof.
Expansive traditional two-storey grey exterior in Atlanta with stone veneer and a hip roof.
Farmers
A beautiful Farmers French Provincial Kitchen dished up in Farmers "milk" white tone...Gorgeous Washed Floorboards...White Glass Splashback...French Provincial Kitchen...Country Style Kitchen....Handles by Castella
Casa Smith Designs, LLC
The star at the center of this veggie garden is the perfect place for the dwarf lemon tree. The six pointed star (just like the Great Seal of the United States) is ideal for the strawberries to cascade over the edges. The star is 6' with 3' clearance around the star so the space is wide enough to comfortably access the veggie beds from all sides.
Photo Credit: Mark Pinkerton
Bloom Landscape Design and Fine Gardening Service
This is an example of a traditional backyard garden in New York with natural stone pavers and a garden path.
Julie Williams Design
Eric Rorer Photography
This is an example of a country kitchen in San Francisco with panelled appliances.
This is an example of a country kitchen in San Francisco with panelled appliances.
French Provincial Garden - Photos & Ideas | Houzz
JuliaGarden Design Ltd.
A traditional annual border composed of French marigolds, blue Hawaii ageratum, white alyssum and dusty miller edges a cottage-style perennial bed. Yellow tree roses in containers and dinner-plate dahlias add summer-long color to this Cape Cod garden.
Schmechtig Landscapes
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Informal Garden Design in Winnetka, Illinois. This backyard design utilizes shrubs, pergola, garden decorations, stone and paver paths throughout the landscape design.
Linda Woods Design
A French Country Renovation by Interior Designer Linda Woods based in Perth Hills. Unique and wonderful elements to tie it all together to express unique style.
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