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Tailored Parking Courtyard

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This well proportioned courtyard serves as both the front entrance to our clients home and also as convenient parking for guests. The pavers used for the courtyard are recycled, antique cobbles. The granite curbing used as edging also graced the city streets of Philadelphia in a past life.
Parking Courtyard
The parking courtyard in fall. The evergreen bones of this garden are comprised of several varieties of Boxwood (Buxus sp.) which are accentuated throughout the seasons by Hawthorn trees (Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'), seen here in fall colour.
Parking Courtyard
The entrance to the home is arrived at through several levels. The driveway climbs a low hill bringing the visitor into the parking court and then the front lawn and garden is arrived at via these "gated" stairs. The width of this entry point is generous and the design of the stairs is repeated at...
Parking Courtyard
Set atop entry piers, which serve as "gate posts", the transition between the parking court and front garden is marked by large containers with colourful plantings to offer visitors a bright "welcome." The container plantings are changed out periodically to mark the seasons and holidays.
Parking Courtyard
The upper level of the courtyard, or front door garden, is kept simple and tailored. Plantings were selected to mark the importance of the front door but to not overwhelm the house.
Parking Courtyard
The fall in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Parking Courtyard
On a smaller scale than the main entrance facing the parking court, this secondary walkway and entry point leads to the parking area and garages used by the family. Used as "gate posts" are two white flowering Redbud (Cercis canadensis 'Alba').
Parking Courtyard