wooden steps, dark stain + concrete...steps leading up to guest house
concrete planters by deck. love
wall with planter at front of deck
love the wrought iron and planters combo
beautiful planter boxes around base of deck and the cool railings that could double as trellis
reinforced concrete need not be as overwhelming as the previous examples. This mountain home uses concrete walls in a more traditional manner, as a foundation for the timber columns, walls, and roofs above. Yet where concrete foundations usually only peek above the grade surrounding a house, here the material
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Cor-Ten planter box (left) and the poured-concrete planter (right). The decorative fountain wall infuses another mass into the scheme. While this environment is small in scale, it feels voluminous. Add one more shape: the curved chaise, a graceful footnote to all the geometry here.
Simple concrete work, terracing and built in planters
great entrance with concrete, color and plants balance
These concrete steps and walls could overpower and dominate the entrance, but a clever use of planting not only softens the hardscape, but also creates a garden in its own right, with its own style and atmosphere
no real front garden so create with levels and planters
These concrete steps and walls could overpower and dominate the entrance, but a clever use of planting not only softens the hardscape, but also creates a garden in its own right, with its own style and atmosphere.
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Well past Quebec City in Canada, the cold maritime climate of famed garden Les Quatre-Vents suits this old dwarf pine tree. Perched on a dry-laid stone wall filled with alpine plants, a white painted concrete planter hosts a single pine, most likely put in decades ago.
With a touch
painted concrete planter hosts a single pine, most likely put in decades ago. With a touch of summer watering and some thoughtful pruning, this pine nonchalantly frames a magistral vista of the surrounding fields. Restraint is the only way to go here.