Landscape Transformations: Photo Vignettes
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New elegant formal garden compliments residential architecture:
Original yard, full of invasive weeds and trees
The designer surveys the project as the formal design takes shape
Curves around the lawn echo the Mansard roof and the brick of the chimney
New garden, quietly elegant
Backyard wasteland becomes private courtyard retreat:
Eyesore!
Removal of RR tie retaining wall
Replaced with stacked stone
A beautiful and stable new retaining wall
A new brick patio is laid
The back walls of the house and the neighbor's garage give this new patio a courtyard effect
Potted roses add elegance and color to this private courtyard patio
Plantings and land sculpting timelessly anchor architectural structures:
A magnificent pergola looks like a Spaceship in a bare field
A low retaining wall breaks the visual plain
Varied plant heights and textures bring life to the scene
A swath of lawn surrounded by the green wall of the hillside creates an oasis
The pergola's boldness is softened by plants as they mature
The magnificent pergola now belongs to this landscape
Transitional elements enhance a plain façade and create a welcoming entry:
A narrow driveway, overgrown shrubs reduce aesthetic appeal, front walk provides no sense of welcome
The driveway gets widened
The front walk gets curved, putting distance between home and the outside world
Planting beds are prepared
Flowering trees can be seen from inside as well as from curbside
The scenic route to and from the oasis of home
New hardscape visually divides space, adding excitement and dimension:
A big, empty back yard
Old deck dismantled, new layout spray painted on the ground
Spacious stacked stone terrace adds a new outdoor room
Decorative brick paving provides sculptural detail on the ground plain
New garden is full of mysteries begging to be discovered
A new landscape, a new view:
Not much to see here!
The upper tier of the pond, at terrace level, spills down to the lower pond that borders the back walk
A gravel patio hugs the far side of the pond and a path leads under the overhanging roof of the shed