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DabneyCollinsLandscape lighting is used to enhance the evening experience.
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Matthew Giampietro Garden DesignThis Japanese garden front entrance stepping stone walkway, using black slate is installed by Waterfalls Fountains & Gardens Inc. in Manalapan, Florida.
Planting Design Akiko Iwata
Planting Installation by Landco
Magic Garden DreamsBalinese style water garden including a pond less waterfall and 18’ stream, crossed by a custom made wooden bridge and stone mosaic pathway. 12’ x 16’ Pergola custom built to enjoy the sound of the running water.
Alford's LandscapingDesign ideas for a medium sized world-inspired front formal partial sun garden for autumn in Dallas with a garden path and gravel.
sticks and stones Landscape DesignBrigid Arnott
Inspiration for a large world-inspired back formal full sun garden for spring in Sydney with a garden path and decking.
Inspiration for a large world-inspired back formal full sun garden for spring in Sydney with a garden path and decking.
LandCrafters, LLCThe north side yard is less actively used, but it does have a very inviting quality to it. The double gates allow a piece of equipment to access the back for heavy work. The same irregular bluestone is the pathway. Huge aqua blue boulders were placed at the corner of the house
Hawkeye Landscape DesignPhoto of a large world-inspired sloped xeriscape partial sun garden for summer in Los Angeles with gravel and a garden path.
Littlefield LandscapesMedium sized world-inspired back formal partial sun garden for summer in Boston with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Dunphy Lawn & LandscapingDesign ideas for a large world-inspired front partial sun garden in Boston with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Zeterre Landscape ArchitectureDesign ideas for a medium sized world-inspired back formal partial sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
VITA Planning and Landscape ArchitectureInspiration for a world-inspired garden in San Francisco with a garden path.
CCI RenovationsCCI Renovations/North Vancouver/Photos- Derek Lepper Photography.
This home featured an entry walkway that went through the carport, no defined exterior living spaces and overgrown and disorganized plantings.
Using clues from the simple West Coast Japanese look of the home a simple Japanese style garden with new fencing and custom screen design ensured an instant feeling of privacy and relaxation.
A busy roadway intruded on the limited yard space.
The garden area was redefined with fencing. The river-like walkway moves the visitor through an odd number of vistas of simple features of rock and moss and strategically placed trees and plants – features critical to a true Japanese garden.
The single front driveway and yard was overrun by vegetation, roots and large gangly trees.
Stamped concrete, simple block walls and small garden beds provided much needed parking and created interest in the streetscape.
Large cedars with tall trunks and heavily topped umbrellas were removed to provide light and to allow the construction of an outdoor living space that effectively double the living area.
Strategically placed walking stones, minimalist plantings and low maintenance yard eliminated the need for heavy watering while providing an oasis for its visitors.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignA Memorial-area art collector residing in a chic modern home wanted his house to be more visible from the street. His yard was full of trees, and he asked us to consider removing them and developing a more modern landscape design that would fully complement the exterior of his home. He was a personal friend of ours as well, and he understood that our policy is to preserve as many trees as possible whenever we undertake a project. However, we decided to make an exception in his case for two reasons. For one thing, he was a very close friend to many people in our company. Secondly, large trees simply would not work with a landscape reflective of the modern architecture that his house featured.
The house had been built as story structure that was formed around a blend of unique curves and angles very reminiscent of the geometric patterns common in modern sculpture and art. The windows had been built deliberately large, so that visitors driving up to the house could have a lighted glimpse into the interior, where many sculptures and works of modern art were showcased. The entire residence, in fact, was meant to showcase the eclectic diversity of his artistic tastes, and provide a glimpse at the elegant contents within the home.
He asked us to create more modern look to the landscape that would complement the residence with patterns in vegetation, ornamentation, and a new lighted water fountain that would act like a mirror-image of the home. He also wanted us to sculpt the features we created in such a way as to center the eye of the viewer and draw it up and over the landscape to focus on the house itself.
The challenge was to develop a truly sophisticated modern landscaping design that would compliment, but in no way overpower the façade of the home. In order to do this, we had to focus very carefully on the geometric appearance of the planting areas first. Since the vegetation would be surrounding a very large, circular stone drive, we took advantage of the contours and created a sense of flowing perspective. We were then very careful to plant vegetation that could be maintained at a very low growth height. This was to prevent vegetation from behaving like the previous trees which had blocked the view of the house. Small hedges, ferns, and flowers were planted in winding rows that followed the course of the circular stone driveway that surrounded the fountain.
We then centered this new modern landscape plan with a very sophisticated contemporary fountain. We chose a circular shape for the fountain both to center the eye and to work as a compliment to the curved elements in the home’s exterior design. We selected black granite as the building material, partly because granite speaks to the monumental, and partly because it is a very common material for modern architecture and outdoor contemporary sculpture. We placed the fountain in the very center of the driveway as well, which had the effect of making the entire landscape appear to converge toward the middle of the home’s façade. To add a sense of eclectic refinement to the fountain, we then polished the granite so that anyone driving or walking up to the fountain would see a reflection of the home in the base. To maintain consistency of the circular shape, we radius cut all of the coping around the fountain was all radius cut from polished limestone. The lighter color of the limestone created an archetypal contrast of light and darkness, further contributing to the modern theme of the landscape design, and providing a surface for illumination so the fountain would remain an established keynote on the landscape during the night.
queiruga PaisajistasDesign ideas for a medium sized world-inspired back driveway partial sun garden for summer in Other with a garden path and gravel.
Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio (JMMDS)A pair of world travelers with a deep love of Japan asked JMMDS to design a Japanese-inspired landscape that would complement the contemporary renovation of their home in Edinburgh, Scotland. JMMDS created a plan that included a handsome cut-stone patio, meandering stepping stone paths, sweeping bed lines, stony mounds, a grassy pool of space, and swaths of elegant plantings.
JMMDS was on site during the installation to craft the mounds and place the plants and stones. Julie Moir Messervy set out the ancient pieces of gneiss from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis.
With the planting design, JMMDS sought to evoke the feeling of a traditional Japanese garden using locally suitable plants. The designers and clients visited nurseries in search of distinctive plant specimens, including cloud-pruned hollies, craggy pines, Japanese maples of varied color and habit, and a particularly notable Japanese snowbell tree. Beneath these, they laid drifts of sedges, hellebores, European gingers, ferns, and Solomon’s Seal. Evergreen azaleas, juniper, rhododendrons, and hebe were clustered around the lawn. JMMDS placed bamboos within root-controlled patio beds and planted mondo grass, sedums, and mosses among the stepping stones.
Project designers: Julie Moir Messervy, Principal; Erica Bowman, Senior Landscape Architect
Collaborators: Helen Lucas Architects, Steven Ogilvie (garden installers)
Photography: Angus Bremner
Ronni Hock Garden & LandscapeDesign ideas for a large world-inspired courtyard formal partial sun garden for spring in Philadelphia with a garden path and concrete paving.
LanaiscapesDesigned by Brian Cordero
LanaiScapes
Inspiration for a medium sized world-inspired back partial sun garden for spring in Hawaii with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Inspiration for a medium sized world-inspired back partial sun garden for spring in Hawaii with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Kihara LandscapesPhoto by Patrick Redmond
Large world-inspired front xeriscape garden for autumn in Melbourne with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Large world-inspired front xeriscape garden for autumn in Melbourne with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Zone4 Landscapes Ltd.Design ideas for a large world-inspired back xeriscape partial sun garden in New York with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Ginkgo Leaf StudioThe large square of full range, irregular bluestone appears to overlay the concrete sections of the walk. Beach pebble runnels separate the two materials and form a larger square surround, highlighted by aqua blue granite specimen boulders and Iris siberica 'Caesar's Brother.'
Westhauser Photography
World-Inspired Garden Path Ideas and Designs
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