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jester (1,2014)
Restructuring the front landscape for this west Austin home begins with reestablishing contour in the ground plane as a setting for native plants.
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Paths from crushed granite provide easy walking access through these hillocks, capped by buffalo grass.
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The change in grade from gravel path to the tops of grassy knolls is channeling natural grooves once cut by erosion on this very hill top hundreds of years before.
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This set of granite paths, honeycomb boulders and gravel water flows provides the setting for native plants like 4-nerve daisy, zexmenia, wine cup, and twisted-leaf yucca.
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Tucked under the shade of the larger trees, is habitat for possumhaw holly, agarita, Texas buckeye, turk's cap, and dwarf palmetto.
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Creating this new wrinked terrain from a flat pre-existing plane provided a canvas for dramatic contours + imaginative water courses.
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The project opened up the shady ridge top, which was previously choked-off with denser shrubs. The dry creek provides an open seam connecting the street side landscape to the rest of the project site.
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While this type of "lawn" is largely a contradiction to the norm, this homeowner is reporting a great deal more interest in these parts of the landscape than before.
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The buffalo grass is co-planted with larger native grass specimens, in this case Lindheimer muhly, to mimic more natural conditions.
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