Midcentury Garden and Outdoor Space with Decomposed Granite Ideas and Designs
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Blue Sierra Landscape Construction
A concrete patio with a modern planter box compliments this modern home. A rounded concrete coping defines the flower bed, while concrete retaining walls and steps soften the overall look. Ultra-Low surface roughness concrete is sandblasted with dark glass beads to achieve the patina finish.
Ross NW Watergardens
Concrete slab path leading to a side gate.
By Ben Bowen of Ross NW Watergardens, a Portland landscaping firm.
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Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture designed this textural, drought tolerant, warm modern garden to complement the mid-century design of the home. The use of various materials including gravel, wood, and concrete mixed with a lush drought resistant planting palette offer a homeowners and visitors a multi sensory environment.
Photos by Art Gray
Sweet Smiling Landscapes
Tiered of the looking out at a shabby brown lawn in their front yard and unwilling to use the water to keep it green these homeowners decided to go for something different. The wife in this household worked from home and was motivated to have a better view from her home office. As an enthusiastic bird watcher, I wanted to give her a view that included happy birds fluttering about. The husband was annoyed by the fact that some of the neighbors allowed their dogs to use this corner lot a toilet without having the curtesy of cleaning up after them.
My job was to create a low water landscape (also known as xeriscape) that attracted birds, bees and butterflies but kept the dogs off. We started with directing down spouts in to catch basins called infiltration swales. These swales capture water storing it in the soil where it can be accessed by plants months after the rains have stopped. Then we integrated primarily California native plants and succulents into the design. Special attention was payed to the water needs of the plants and the ideal growing conditions for each species so that the combination of earthworks and plant choice and placement this landscape can get by with zero supplemental irrigation after the period of establishment this landscape. By incorporating flowering California native plants, native birds and insects flocked to the site in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by lifeless landscapes. By surrounding the garden with decomposed granite and succulents we created a space that was unpleasant and unappealing for dogs to relive themselves while remaining appealing to more human sensibilities.
Today this property sits on the corner in a suburban neighborhood of Goleta, California. Hopefully serving as inspiration to take out lawns and build beautiful gardens that work to integrate the man made landscape with the natural ecosystem in which it is built.
BE Landscape Design
Welcome home! The bright orange door was inspired by the 50 year old Orange tree we brought back to life, and it's bounteous production.
Akin Paz Architecture
Entry Court
Design Developed under Employment at Studio Schicketanz
Design: Lorena Akin & Mary Ann Schicketanz
Photography by: Lorena Akin
Photoshoot styling: Studio Schicketanz (Lindsay Bauer & Nicole Clapman)
Kitchen Design: Lorena Akin & Mary Ann Schicketanz
Construction administration: Lorena Akin
Doors & Windows: Fleetwood
BE Landscape Design
This front yard went from water hogging grass and old school roses, to a flourishing native garden.
Studio Collab
Mid-century modern residential renovation for a Palm Springs vacation rental home. Intended for short term rental use with gorgeous patio space with mountain views. Includes full pool, sunken spa, lounge space with metal trellis and fire pit area.
JLM Construction
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*Horizontal fencing with steel posts, no gaps
*Drought-tolerant grass-like planting leading to the backyard with climbing vines on the fence
*Decomposed granite garden path
Garden Artisans LLC
Take a look at this monster pool project designed and under construction by Liquidscapes! We were retained to put the granite icing on this amazing cake! www.gardenartisansllc.com
Midcentury Garden and Outdoor Space with Decomposed Granite Ideas and Designs
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