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Small contemporary back xeriscape garden in San Francisco with a retaining wall and gravel.
Small contemporary back xeriscape garden in San Francisco with a retaining wall and gravel.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignThis shade arbor, located in The Woodlands, TX north of Houston, spans the entire length of the back yard. It combines a number of elements with custom structures that were constructed to emulate specific aspects of a Zen garden. The homeowner wanted a low-maintenance garden whose beauty could withstand the tough seasonal weather that strikes the area at various times of the year. He also desired a mood-altering aesthetic that would relax the senses and calm the mind. Most importantly, he wanted this meditative environment completely shielded from the outside world so he could find serenity in total privacy.
The most unique design element in this entire project is the roof of the shade arbor itself. It features a “negative space” leaf pattern that was designed in a software suite and cut out of the metal with a water jet cutter. Each form in the pattern is loosely suggestive of either a leaf, or a cluster of leaves.
These small, negative spaces cut from the metal are the source of the structure’ powerful visual and emotional impact. During the day, sunlight shines down and highlights columns, furniture, plantings, and gravel with a blend of dappling and shade that make you feel like you are sitting under the branches of a tree.
At night, the effects are even more brilliant. Skillfully concealed lights mounted on the trusses reflect off the steel in places, while in other places they penetrate the negative spaces, cascading brilliant patterns of ambient light down on vegetation, hardscape, and water alike.
The shade arbor shelters two gravel patios that are almost identical in space. The patio closest to the living room features a mini outdoor dining room, replete with tables and chairs. The patio is ornamented with a blend of ornamental grass, a small human figurine sculpture, and mid-level impact ground cover.
Gravel was chosen as the preferred hardscape material because of its Zen-like connotations. It is also remarkably soft to walk on, helping to set the mood for a relaxed afternoon in the dappled shade of gently filtered sunlight.
The second patio, spaced 15 feet away from the first, resides adjacent to the home at the opposite end of the shade arbor. Like its twin, it is also ornamented with ground cover borders, ornamental grasses, and a large urn identical to the first. Seating here is even more private and contemplative. Instead of a table and chairs, there is a large decorative concrete bench cut in the shape of a giant four-leaf clover.
Spanning the distance between these two patios, a bluestone walkway connects the two spaces. Along the way, its borders are punctuated in places by low-level ornamental grasses, a large flowering bush, another sculpture in the form of human faces, and foxtail ferns that spring up from a spread of river rock that punctuates the ends of the walkway.
The meditative quality of the shade arbor is reinforced by two special features. The first of these is a disappearing fountain that flows from the top of a large vertical stone embedded like a monolith in the other edges of the river rock. The drains and pumps to this fountain are carefully concealed underneath the covering of smooth stones, and the sound of the water is only barely perceptible, as if it is trying to force you to let go of your thoughts to hear it.
A large piece of core-10 steel, which is deliberately intended to rust quickly, rises up like an arced wall from behind the fountain stone. The dark color of the metal helps the casual viewer catch just a glimpse of light reflecting off the slow trickle of water that runs down the side of the stone into the river rock bed.
To complete the quiet moment that the shade arbor is intended to invoke, a thick wall of cypress trees rises up on all sides of the yard, completely shutting out the disturbances of the world with a comforting wall of living greenery that comforts the thoughts and emotions.
Ekvard Baar Garden DesignPhoto of a small modern side garden for summer in Cologne with a pond, gravel and a wood fence.
Native Edge LandscapeThe primary goals for this project included completing the landscape left unfinished around the existing pool, replacing as much lawn as possible with native plants to attract pollinators and birds, and reimagining the front yard hillside.
Father Nature Landscapes of Tacoma, Inc.Birds eye view of space!
Small modern back xeriscape partial sun garden for summer in Seattle with a garden path and gravel.
Small modern back xeriscape partial sun garden for summer in Seattle with a garden path and gravel.
Donald Pell - GardensKarl Miller and Donald Pell
This is an example of a large sloped full sun garden for spring in Philadelphia with a garden path and gravel.
This is an example of a large sloped full sun garden for spring in Philadelphia with a garden path and gravel.
Kim Rooney DesignLandscape by Kim Rooney
Fire, Water, Wood, & Rock - A Northwest modern garden for family and friends
Photo of a medium sized modern back formal partial sun garden in Seattle with a rockery and gravel.
Photo of a medium sized modern back formal partial sun garden in Seattle with a rockery and gravel.
Keith E. Simpson Associates, Inc.Photo of a large classic front driveway full sun garden for summer in New York with a retaining wall and gravel.
Greenhaven Landscapes Inc.Hear what our clients, Lisa & Rick, have to say about their project by clicking on the Facebook link and then the Videos tab.
Hannah Goering Photography
Margie Grace - Grace Design AssociatesThis front yard used to be a circular asphalt driveway....we decided we would rather have a lovely garden instead
Inspiration for a large rural front xeriscape full sun garden in Santa Barbara with gravel and a water feature.
Inspiration for a large rural front xeriscape full sun garden in Santa Barbara with gravel and a water feature.
Four Seasons Garden Center & Custom LandscapeDesign ideas for a medium sized contemporary back patio in Detroit with a fire feature, gravel and a pergola.
Metamorphic DesignGreenhouse at the center of the growzone, potting shed at the bottom. Autumn crush gravel as base
Large modern back full sun garden in Vancouver with a vegetable patch and gravel.
Large modern back full sun garden in Vancouver with a vegetable patch and gravel.
Eden Garden DesignSteel steps with pea gravel treads provide circulation on the side of the home. Low-voltage, LED lighting fixtures are integrated throughout.
Photographer: Greg Thomas, http://optphotography.com/
ramsay photographymodern open air kitchen and landscape design by merge studio © ramsay photography
Large modern back rectangular lengths swimming pool in San Francisco with a pool house and gravel.
Large modern back rectangular lengths swimming pool in San Francisco with a pool house and gravel.
Studio 342 Landscape ArchitecturePhoto of a medium sized contemporary front formal fully shaded garden in Seattle with a garden path and gravel.
Maria Hickey & Associates LandscapesHard to believe this is one month after planting....the plantings provide privacy and screening for the outdoor shower. We planted creeping thyme between the bluestone to create fragrance when stepped on.
Maria Hickey & Associates LandscapesHard to believe this is one month after planting....the plantings provide privacy and screening for the outdoor shower. We planted creeping thyme between the bluestone to create fragrance when stepped on.
Céladon Designs, Inc.Photo of a large rustic back xeriscape full sun garden for spring in Santa Barbara with a garden path and gravel.
Matthew Giampietro Garden DesignIntimate seating area in a South Florida backyard with stepping stone walkway and coral stone benches
This is an example of a medium sized traditional back full sun garden in Miami with a garden path and gravel.
This is an example of a medium sized traditional back full sun garden in Miami with a garden path and gravel.
Shore PicturesPhoto of a large mediterranean front xeriscape full sun garden in Palma de Mallorca with a garden path and gravel.
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