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Blue Hot Design, LLC
Patio opens to a perennial garden. Genesis Architecture.
Design ideas for a contemporary patio in Milwaukee with a water feature.
Design ideas for a contemporary patio in Milwaukee with a water feature.
SURROUNDS Landscape Architecture + Construction
The inviting fire draws you through the garden. Surrounds Inc.
Photo of a large traditional backyard garden in DC Metro with natural stone pavers and with fireplace.
Photo of a large traditional backyard garden in DC Metro with natural stone pavers and with fireplace.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Saturday August 22, 10:00 to 11:30am | Boulder
A Virtuous Garden, Far Beyond Form and Emptiness by Martin Mosko and Luke Sanzone of Marpa Design Studio, with David Barrett, Barrett Studio Architects
The owner of this fascinating new home and garden worked closely with the landscape architect and architect to create a house, barn, and riding arena that were at once modern, comfortable, warm, and carefully attuned to the natural surroundings. The house was designed with the Japanese principle of “wabi sabi,” the appreciation of beauty in imperfection and the natural cycle of growth and decay. The wood used in the siding was reclaimed from old buildings and combined with native stone. This principle extends into the landscape with the use of old, well-tended trees carefully chosen and trimmed so that the scale of the garden is maintained with the distant views. The clean, simple lines of the patios and the pool, the use of glass and steel, the radial drifts of ground covers, and the small lawn are all part of this aesthetic. All planting is xeric and foliage color was considered as important as the color of the blooms in creating an integrated palette. CoreTen steel edging shapes the landscape close to the pool and patio, while the outer circle of the garden is shaped by land forms. The house and the landscape use similar materials, forms, and colors, making an integrated whole. The result is simple, elegant, and uplifting. Photo courtesy of Marpa Design Studio
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Pristine Acres
Pristine Acres (www.pristineacres.com) had the wonderful opportunity to build this lush garden for a very nice family in McLean, VA. Please let us know if you have any questions about any of the plants that we used!
Bestall & Co Landscape Design
Lee Bestall
Inspiration for a large country backyard full sun formal garden for summer in Other with natural stone pavers.
Inspiration for a large country backyard full sun formal garden for summer in Other with natural stone pavers.
The Design Studio of Wendy Harper
When designing the Gardens of the World for the Hogan Family Foundation, I was to inspire the gardens visitors to travel through their experience in the Garden.
Mr. Hogan is very fond of Formal French Gardens of Andre Le Notre, so immediately I thought of the grand fountain of the Paris garden, Sceaux! This was the view of the main pedestrian entrance, centered on Dallas Drive of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
You enter through grand iron gates and are greeted by a beautiful French Parterre, fondly referred to as the butterfly, with the magnificent fountain leading your eyes to the gardens above.
This private Foundation Garden is open Tuesday through Sunday, closed on Mondays for maintenance.
Naked Kitchens
The Westbourne Garden kitchen is an inspirational take on the modern kitchen aesthetic. Creating a wondrous atmosphere and feel of open space, this unique cabinetry is stunning and unrestrictive. Coupled with mottled grey tiles and bright accessories this kitchen is clean, functional and fun.
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360 Yardware
We were excited to provide an Asian Inspired Gate Latch to Bejar Gate Company in San Diego for a project in gorgeous Rancho Santa Fe. As a family business ourself, we love to learn about thriving companies that are family-owned. Bejar Gate has been in business for 37 years and is the oldest and best known gate company in San Diego County. Three generations of Bejars work there on a daily basis. How neat is that?!
This garden gate is made of square tube steel frame and clad with Ipe wood. The customer wanted a gate to complement her Asian themed home in the exclusive neighborhood of Rancho Santa Fe, California.
Jamie at Bejar Gate shared, “We found the perfect hardware from 360 Yardware. The gate turned out lovely and our customer could not be happier.”
If you’re in San Diego County and looking for a gate builder, give Bejar Gate a call!
360 Yardware
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
Exterior Worlds was contracted by the Bretches family of West Memorial to assist in a renovation project that was already underway. The family had decided to add on to their house and to have an outdoor kitchen constructed on the property. To enhance these new constructions, the family asked our firm to develop a formal landscaping design that included formal gardens, new vantage points, and a renovated pool that worked to center and unify the aesthetic of the entire back yard.
The ultimate goal of the project was to create a clear line of site from every vantage point of the yard. By removing trees in certain places, we were able to create multiple zones of interest that visually complimented each other from a variety of positions. These positions were first mapped out in the landscape master plan, and then connected by a granite gravel walkway that we constructed. Beginning at the entrance to the master bedroom, the walkway stretched along the perimeter of the yard and connected to the outdoor kitchen.
Another major keynote of this formal landscaping design plan was the construction of two formal parterre gardens in each of the far corners of the yard. The gardens were identical in size and constitution. Each one was decorated by a row of three limestone urns used as planters for seasonal flowers. The vertical impact of the urns added a Classical touch to the parterre gardens that created a sense of stately appeal counter punctual to the architecture of the house.
In order to allow visitors to enjoy this Classic appeal from a variety of focal points, we then added trail benches at key locations along the walkway. Some benches were installed immediately to one side of each garden. Others were placed at strategically chosen intervals along the path that would allow guests to sit down and enjoy a view of the pool, the house, and at least one of the gardens from their particular vantage point.
To centralize the aesthetic formality of the formal landscaping design, we also renovated the existing swimming pool. We replaced the old tile and enhanced the coping and water jets that poured into its interior. This allowed the swimming pool to function as a more active landscaping element that better complimented the remodeled look of the home and the new formal gardens. The redesigned path, with benches, tables, and chairs positioned at key points along its thoroughfare, helped reinforced the pool’s role as an aesthetic focal point of formal design that connected the entirety of the property into a more unified presentation of formal curb appeal.
To complete our formal landscaping design, we added accents to our various keynotes. Japanese yew hedges were planted behind the gardens for added dimension and appeal. We also placed modern sculptures in strategic points that would aesthetically balance the classic tone of the garden with the newly renovated architecture of the home and the pool. Zoysia grass was added to the edges of the gardens and pathways to soften the hard lines of the parterre gardens and walkway.
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Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
The problem this Memorial-Houston homeowner faced was that her sumptuous contemporary home, an austere series of interconnected cubes of various sizes constructed from white stucco, black steel and glass, did not have the proper landscaping frame. It was out of scale. Imagine Robert Motherwell's "Black on White" painting without the Museum of Fine Arts-Houston's generous expanse of white walls surrounding it. It would still be magnificent but somehow...off.
Intuitively, the homeowner realized this issue and started interviewing landscape designers. After talking to about 15 different designers, she finally went with one, only to be disappointed with the results. From the across-the-street neighbor, she was then introduced to Exterior Worlds and she hired us to correct the newly-created problems and more fully realize her hopes for the grounds. "It's not unusual for us to come in and deal with a mess. Sometimes a homeowner gets overwhelmed with managing everything. Other times it is like this project where the design misses the mark. Regardless, it is really important to listen for what a prospect or client means and not just what they say," says Jeff Halper, owner of Exterior Worlds.
Since the sheer size of the house is so dominating, Exterior Worlds' overall job was to bring the garden up to scale to match the house. Likewise, it was important to stretch the house into the landscape, thereby softening some of its severity. The concept we devised entailed creating an interplay between the landscape and the house by astute placement of the black-and-white colors of the house into the yard using different materials and textures. Strategic plantings of greenery increased the interest, density, height and function of the design.
First we installed a pathway of crushed white marble around the perimeter of the house, the white of the path in homage to the house’s white facade. At various intervals, 3/8-inch steel-plated metal strips, painted black to echo the bones of the house, were embedded and crisscrossed in the pathway to turn it into a loose maze.
Along this metal bunting, we planted succulents whose other-worldly shapes and mild coloration juxtaposed nicely against the hard-edged steel. These plantings included Gulf Coast muhly, a native grass that produces a pink-purple plume when it blooms in the fall. A side benefit to the use of these plants is that they are low maintenance and hardy in Houston’s summertime heat.
Next we brought in trees for scale. Without them, the impressive architecture becomes imposing. We placed them along the front at either corner of the house. For the left side, we found a multi-trunk live oak in a field, transported it to the property and placed it in a custom-made square of the crushed marble at a slight distance from the house. On the right side where the house makes a 90-degree alcove, we planted a mature mesquite tree.
To finish off the front entry, we fashioned the black steel into large squares and planted grass to create islands of green, or giant lawn stepping pads. We echoed this look in the back off the master suite by turning concrete pads of black-stained concrete into stepping pads.
We kept the foundational plantings of Japanese yews which add green, earthy mass, something the stark architecture needs for further balance. We contoured Japanese boxwoods into small spheres to enhance the play between shapes and textures.
In the large, white planters at the front entrance, we repeated the plantings of succulents and Gulf Coast muhly to reinforce symmetry. Then we built an additional planter in the back out of the black metal, filled it with the crushed white marble and planted a Texas vitex, another hardy choice that adds a touch of color with its purple blooms.
To finish off the landscaping, we needed to address the ravine behind the house. We built a retaining wall to contain erosion. Aesthetically, we crafted it so that the wall has a sharp upper edge, a modern motif right where the landscape meets the land.
Laurence Maunder Garden Design & Consultancy
Formal Garden & Parterre
Design ideas for a traditional backyard full sun formal garden in Other with natural stone pavers.
Design ideas for a traditional backyard full sun formal garden in Other with natural stone pavers.
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Down to Earth Designs, Inc.
Custom cedar and cypress azumaya inspired by a tea-house design. Our client enjoys relax ing in the shade by the koi pond and stream. © 2012 Ben Case, Down to Earth Designs, Inc.
Gardens by Gabriel, Inc.
A succulent collection in south San Luis Obispo County
Contemporary backyard full sun xeriscape in San Luis Obispo.
Contemporary backyard full sun xeriscape in San Luis Obispo.
Pippa Schofield Garden Design
Pippa Schofield
This is an example of a small transitional deck in London with a container garden.
This is an example of a small transitional deck in London with a container garden.
CJ Paone AIA | Archipelago Workshop
A charred wood plank wall defines the drought-tolerant garden of a Ventura, CA bungalow. We used the ancient Japanese method of shou-sugi-ban, which rendered the reclaimed cedar (traditionally Japanese cypress) fire, rot and pest resistant while imparting a striking black, slightly iridescent finish that’s both modern and low maintenance.
images | Gretchen Claire Garnett
Japanese Inspired Gardens - Photos & Ideas | Houzz
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John Leathart Landscapes
A serene Japanese inspired garden specifically designed for viewing from the house. It also acts as a transitional space from one part of the garden to another. There is a running water feature in this garden which has a cooling effect and adds the relaxing sound of water moving over stones.
RA Nelson LLC
A Japanese inspired Colorado ranch home features polished concrete floors and dark wood and bamboo cabinets.
Inspiration for an expansive asian galley kitchen in Denver with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, concrete floors and multiple islands.
Inspiration for an expansive asian galley kitchen in Denver with a single-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, dark wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, concrete floors and multiple islands.
One Specialty Landscape Design, Pools & Hardscape
This beautiful English-inspired garden features Mexican bush sage, gulf muhly grass, blackfoot daisy, moonbeam coreopsis, coneflower, and rosemary. The space also features an outdoor sitting area to enjoy the lakeside views.
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