This house is a classic cottage located on a secluded, wooded street below street level. The goal with this project was to create a garden that fit the east coast feel of house while allowing the plants to flourish in the Southern California climate. Looking to Mediterranean adaptive plants we went with a plant pallet consisting of deep green foliage with white and purple flowers. We added the Purple-leaved Eastern Redbud trees to provide nice contract with the other deep green foliage used in the project. These deciduous trees will also work to help moderate the temperature in and around the house. In the heat of the summer when the trees are leafed out they shade the patio iand front rooms of the house. In the winter when the trees lose their leaves sun is allowed in to warm the patio and help heat the home.

Low-profile landscape plantings under the arching redbud create focus on the front entry while walking through the garden. Rectilinear containers amplify the mid-century modern lines of the home.

The star of the back yard is Western Redbud / Cercis occidentalis. It flowers briefly at the end of winter; then heart-shaped leaves appear and turn a soft yellow fall color.

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The bluestone entry and poured-in-place concrete create strength of line in the front while the plantings softly transition to the back patio space.
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Tree house & bluestone steps over pond.
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Front garden on a May afternoon. Photo by Jay Sifford.
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Miller + Miller Real Estate A must see luxury house less than 3 miles from Downtown Naperville. Private and secluded home on a spectacular wooded lot that borders a 14-acre forest preserve. The front patio features perennials, a mahogany stream bridge, 2 mahogany pond decks overlooking koi ponds, waterfalls and 40′ English Arbor. 40′ English Arbor with Wisteria, Clematis, & Akebia. More than 75 trees on the property, along driveway & several ornamentals. Woodland garden with abundant daffodils, scylla, redbuds, columbine, bleeding hearts & lily of the valley. Kitchen garden.

Photo By: Jude Parkinson-Morgan
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The transition to several garden rooms, a gravel path leads from the rear terrace to the many spaces. The entry is flanked by the New England fieldstone seat wall, capped in blue stone. The path is lined with cushwa brick outlining the formal garden filled with boxwood, pachysandra ground cover, hydrangea, magnolia, and eastern redbud. Photo Credit: Linda Oyama Bryan

A weeping redbud (Cercis canadensis 'Covey') highlights this front yard. Creeping phlox and hardy geranium fill the ground plane beneath.
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This gracious patio is just outside the kitchen dutch door, allowing easy access to the barbeque. The peaked roof forms one axis of the vaulted ceiling over the kitchen and living room. A Kumquat tree in the glossy black Jay Scotts Valencia Round Planter provides visual interest and shade for the window as the sun goes down. In the foreground is a Redbud tree, which offers changing colors throughout the season and tiny purple buds in the spring.

Imaging Design Concept with waterfall
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A pathway draws the viewer to step beyond the garden wall.
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Looking down the new driveway to the house from the street. Sweeping masses of Hakonechloa 'All Gold' visually brighten the shady space while hostas, ferns, ligularia, broadleaf evergreens and Eastern Redbud trees contribute to a woodsy, natural feel. Photo by Susan Sotera

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