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UserThe front yard plants are adapted to full sun and provide color and texture; they are also low maintenance and drought tolerant
RiverScape Designs & Landscaping Services LtdA rectangular backyard fountain with colorful tropical plants around it
Double B Design, LLCCut stone pavers form an interesting pathway around the pool. Synthetic turf lawn provides an open space for kids to play and run around on.
Photo by Rachel Paul Photography
Laughlin Design Associates, Inc.Fourth avenue modern water wise landscape features beautiful Karl Foerster grass and ice plant.
Rick Laughlin, APLD
Open Envelope StudioConcrete pavers on pea gravel patio with steel retaining wall, and sod. Steel edged pea gravel with native plants.
GreenSmartDecorAdd a bit of green to your outdoor area with Greensmart Decor. With artificial leaf panels, we've eliminated the maintenance and water consumption upkeep for real foliage. Our high-quality, weather resistant panels are the perfect privacy solution for your backyard, patio, deck or balcony.
Ginkgo Leaf StudioAqua blue boulders are strategically placed within a bed of slate chip. Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' provides bright contrast.
Westhauser Photography
Regenesis Ecological DesignRaised beds + grape vine trellis for personal residential vineyard. Cedar boards and steel edging are used to create terraces with gravel pathways in a tight space.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignThis garden house was designed by owner and architect, Shirat Mavligit. The wooden section of outer wall is actually the outer section of a central volume that creates an enlarged open space bisecting the home interior. The windows create a view corridor within the home that allows visitors to see all the way through to the back yard.
Occupants of the home looking out through these windows feel as if they are sitting in the middle of a garden. This architectural theme of volume and line of site is so powerful that it became the inspiration for the modern landscape design we developed in the front, back, and side yards of the property.
We began by addressing the issue of too much open space in the front yard. It has no surrounding fence, and it faces a very busy street in Houston’s Rice Village Area. After careful study of the home façade, our team determined that the best way to set aside a large portion of private space in front of the home was to construct a landscape berm.
This land art form adds a sense of dimension and psychological boundary to the scene. It is built of core 10 steel and stands 16 inches tall. This is just high enough for guests to sit on, and it provides an ideal sunbathing area for summer days.
The sweeping contour of the berm offsets the rigid linearity of the home with a softer architectural detail. Its linear progression gives the modern landscape design a dynamic sense of movement.
Moving to the back yard, we reinforced the home’s central volume and view corridor by laying a rectilinear line of gravel parallel to an equivalent section of grass. Near the corner of the house, we created a series of gravel stepping pads that lead guests from the gravel run, through the grass, and into a vegetable garden.
The heavy use of gravel does several things. It communicates a sense of control by containing the vitality of the lawn within an inorganic, mathematically precise space. This feeling of contained life force is common in modern landscape design. This also adds the functional advantage of a low-maintenance space where only minimal lawn care is needed. Gravel also has its own unique aesthetic appeal. Its dark color compliments both the grass and the house, providing an ideal lead-in to the space of the vegetable garden.
This same rectilinear geometry was applied to the side yard, but the materials were reversed to add dramatic effect. Here, the field is gravel, and the stepping pads are made from grass. Heavy gauge steel planters were set into the gravel to house separate plantings of Zoysia. The pads run from the library to the kitchen, allowing visitors to travel between the two as if they are walking on a floor decorated with grass.
The lawn in all three yards is planted with Zoysia grass. This species of grass is frequently used in modern landscape design because it requires only moderate amounts of water to retain its exceptionally fine texture. When mowed, it presents a clean, well-manicured lawn that compliments the conservatism of the home.
GEL: Griffin Enright LandscapeLayers of gravel, grasses and succulents, bring added depth to a hillside landscape.
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