Haverford - Matching Landscape
This is a lovely old home that experienced major renovations last year. We
were very fortunate to be requested by the owners to update their
landscaping upon completion of the renovations. The project relied heavily
on collaboration with the owners who made the key decisions in choosing the
plants that I suggested and deciding upon concepts. We decided to re-create
the formal garden by using informal plants. We also decided that the flower
color should be white throughout the formal garden. We spent time deciding
upon color preferences, plants they like (such as lilac), and the "look" of
the plants. We wanted them to fit the architecture of the house. The goal
was to come up with interesting and unusual plants that provided lots of
year round color and did not require lots of maintenance. The landscape
will require periodic maintenance to monitor the plants and keep everything
looking good. We used lots of Native plants where appropriate and re-used
many of the plants on site. For example, we removed the cranesbill geranium
from the old formal garden but discarded the dead and dying boxwood. We
used the cranesbill geranium in beds against the back of the house. The
plants will form a low carpet that flowers and reduces weed growth. We moved
a very large pink flowering crape myrtle that was blocking the view to a
corner of the house where it brackets the corner with another large pink
crape myrtle on the other side of the corner.