Private Gardens, Public Places

Home Improvement Professionals , Decks, Patios & Outdoor Enclosures
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Private Gardens, Public Places
3 Reviews

Eclectic Sophistication

Elegant design with exotic touches. The charm of a Spanish courtyard accentuates the clean modern lines of the front of the house. In the backyard, native plants are highlighted to beautify and stabilize the steep bank down to the water.
Country: United States
In order to establish a pleasing walk into the residence, one steps around the fountain flanked by an annual and perennial garden. A Japanese maple offers exquisite foliage, and the espaliered witch hazel gives a blank wall year round interest. Containers are set in trios in the corners of the...
Let's Walk In
Carefully selected containers, like the blue glazed shell planter in the foreground, and the Tuscan terra-cotta pots behind, offer an opportunity to enhance the small span of the courtyard with a variety of gorgeous, burgeoning container plantings.
A Unique, Winning Entrance
Before the front doors of the house, a soft and beautiful planter of carefully selected, low-growing annuals and perennials marks the edge to the tile carpet in front of the door. A clean, modern fountain adds the water element at the planter's center.
Plant & Tile Party
Hand-made stone tiles make the otherwise bland paving surrounding it work cohesively. The flower-patterned custom designed river rock tiles apron the front door, granting the effect of a plush carpet. Rustic, Tuscan style containers, bursting with lush plants, add elegant charm to the corner.
Personalized Paving
Around the holidays, the courtyard to the house is lit to provide festivity and accentuate contemporary art hung inside the foyer of the house.
Holiday Lighting Design
As one crosses the lawn of the backyard to approach the bank down to the water, they pass through ledges of natural stone creating steps and a seating area that blends into the change in elevation and looks as if it has always been there.
Natural Stonescape
The design of this stone bench made from large pieces of flagstone is inspired by iconic, genius landscape designer Jens Jensen who sought to create landscapes that seemed natural and in-keeping with its surroundings. Around it and in its crevices grow a rich carpet of low growing plants. It offers...
Natural Stone Bench
Switchback paths were created and erosion was stopped by the use of native plants to make this beautiful and textured landscape on a steep bank down to Lake Michigan.
Native Bank
Flagstone steps lead down to the beach, surrounded by native plants designed to exist cohesively and offer both a pleasing aesthetic and a natural ecosystem.
Smooth Path Down
The plants leading down the bank to Lake Michigan were planted in groups and designed with complimentary colors in mind. Here, the plum foliage of the smokebush and the eggplant foliage of the elderberry, set off the chartreuse of the sedum and sumac and enhance the purple palette of the magenta...
Native Plants and Pops of Color