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The Craftsman mailbox lent itself to and old-fashioned planting of Nellie Moser Clematis, Caesar's Brother Iris, Daylily and Nepeta.
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Clematis jackmanii superba and Westerland rose Le jardinet

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Entering the garden from the side of the house. Photo Calafia Design. Custom ipe trellises built by TPW Carpentry
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The fall flowers of Sweet Autumn Clematis - Clematis paniculata Austin Ganim Landscape Design, LLC
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Clematis armandii 'Evergreen Clematis' (foreground) arches over a custom-built cedar arbor, modeled to accentuate the home's Craftsman-style architecture. Welded mild-steel panel fills create a scaffold for Akebia quinata 'Five-leaf Akebia Vine' (background), lending seasonal privacy and afternoon shade along this narrow sideyard access walkway.

We updated this backyard in conjunction with an architectural addition. The new architecture provides many new vantage points to contemplate the garden and we have created distinct views from the breakfast, the family room, and the gazebo. The renovation of the garden created new outdoor spaces for planting and family gatherings. After this project's completion, the clients held their daughter's wedding in the garden. Collaborating with stone masons, we created handsome dry-stack retaining walls that provided level areas. We blended warm ledge stone and lichen-covered moss rock in some places for visual variety while in other places we let the elegant stonework act as the focal point. We were inspired by the regal stand of redwoods on the site that encloses the garden in privacy and provides dappled light throughout. The planting palette formed around their distinct character. We selected green and red Japanese maples as well as dogwoods to complement the colors of the redwoods, and accommodated for the horticultural qualities by choosing shade-lovers such as hydrangeas, hellebores, astilbe, and ferns to create a luscious understory. In sunnier areas, we dappled the garden with our client's favorite roses and cutting perennials. Raised beds of edible plantings provide nourishment for family gatherings.

This project featured a sunken hot tub in the bluestone terrace. We installed radiant heat beneath the terrace so the hot tub could be used all winter without having to shovel snow. The blank rear wall of the house was decorated with a large wooden trellis to introduce climbing hydrangeas and clematis to the garden.

The two-tone pink flowers of Clematis Dr. Ruppel.
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Clematis 'Niobe' a flowering vine with purplish red blooms. Austin Ganim Landscape Design, LLC
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Victorian Queen Anne remodel with completely new landscape. See before photos. Modern cottage garden that fits the architecture.
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custom potting bench
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A series of three obelisks give structure to lush plantings of daylilies, clematis, dahlias, roses and hardy geranium. Photo by David E. Perry
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