The rustic stone wall tapers to adjust for the elevation change in this sloping back yard. A BBQ sits on the patio, waiting for the cookout. A flagstone and brick path changes to gravel and continues along the side of the house, past an outdoor fireplace, herb garden and raised bed for vegetables.

Architect: Tom Ochsner Landscape Architect: Rachelle Gahan General Contractor: Allen Construction Photographer: Jim Bartsch Photography
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Brick clad piers with plant urns flank the walkway with custom gate and hardware. Howard Roberts - Landscape design & phiotos Christine Levy- flowers and arrangements

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This yard incorporates classic design for a busy family of 4. A curved four-part roman walkway leads up to the classic house and front yard patio. The backyard was designed with open entertaining in mind, while minimizing maintenance for the busy homeowners with a young family. With distinct dining, lounging, and gardening areas, this yard features all the amenities needed for this growing, family. Custom built raised Rundle and Pisa Planters offer the clients multiple options for planting flowers, or vegetables. With custom kichler lighting throughout the yard, even a late evening glass of wine by the fire is not out of the question. Photo credit: Jamen Rhodes

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Located on a steep hill above downtown Ventura, this modern Spanish house features panoramic views of town with the ocean and Channel Islands beyond. While the views are amazing from a large front deck, the steep slope presented some constraints on the landscape design. Although the property is about a third-of-an-acre, the only useable and open garden space is a small (about 500 square feet) area to the West of the house. The house sits at the back of the property, and another steep hill on the neighboring property behind is held back by a tall retaining wall, leaving just enough room for a narrow, hardscaped patio in the back yard. Bright plantings along the back of the property delineate the home from the neighboring property, and we chose plantings to help stabilize the soil and further develop the Spanish garden look while creating a lush, inviting feel. Additionally, we added 52 pieces of pottery to soften and add interest to the back garden and patio areas. Succulents, herbs, and California natives fill the pottery along with bright, sweet-smelling, tropical-looking, and climate-appropriate plants. Slope stabilization was paramount for the front hill. Beyond that, finding plants that would thrive on the steep slope was the next obstacle. Finally, the aesthetics could be addressed, and we worked to find plants that meshed with the architecture—blending plants with white and orange to play off the red-tiled roofs and white-plastered walls that are emblematic of the Spanish style of this house as well as the predominate style of the neighborhood. The flattish area to the West was designed with the idea of creating a contemporary take on the parterre garden. Reminiscent of Mediterranean gardens, this vegetable and herb garden substitutes formal hedges with formal Corten steel planters to honor the modern Spanish architecture of the house. The citrus, herbs, and vegetables serve the foodie clients well.

The outside of this house features a stream that winds from one side of the property to the other. There are paver stone pathways that lead from each side of the house to the main entrance plus one that leads you from the front of the house through the beautiful kitchen side vegetable garden to the back trex deck. The landscaping has a mix of mature trees, bushes, and tons of flowers including pine trees, boxwoods, roses, petunias, daisies, dahlias, bleeding hearts and more.

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