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Charles McClure - Professional Site Planning
Custom galvanized steel frame, clad in wood. Automatic openers. Not yet stained to match residence. Paver driveway. Simple slump block pilasters.
newhaven residential design
Clients wanted a pool pavilion that could be enjoyed concurrently with swimming, eating and enjoying the back yard of this Spring Woods home in the greater Houston area.
Mary Kirk Menefee, Landscape Designer
From below, a small waterfall is visible. The pond, stream, and waterfall are constructed from fieldstones and riverstones of varying sizes. Designed by Mary Kirk Menefee; installed by Merrifield Garden Center.
Photo: Mary Kirk Menefee
Owens Custom Pools
Stainless Steel / Gunite Hybrid Lap Swimming Pool with All Tile Floor with Retractable Enclosure
Ruth Bridgeman Garden Design
This inviting and romantic cottage garden is full of delight and unexpected details created from a lifetime of collecting things that might come in useful. It was edited, reorganised and partially redesigned to create an exciting yet calming space.
Sweet Smiling Landscapes
This very social couple were tying the knot and looking to create a space to host their friends and community, while also adding much needed living space to their 900 square foot cottage. The couple had a strong emphasis on growing edible and medicinal plants. With many friends from a community garden project they were involved in and years of learning about permaculture, they wanted to incorporate many of the elements that the permaculture movement advocates for.
We came up with a California native and edible garden that incorporates three composting systems, a gray water system, rain water harvesting, a cob pizza oven, and outdoor kitchen. A majority of the materials incorporated into the hardscape were found on site or salvaged within 20-mile of the property. The garden also had amenities like an outhouse and shower for guests they would put up in the converted garage.
Coming into this project there was and An old clawfoot bathtub on site was used as a worm composting bin, and for no other reason than the cuteness factor, the bath tub composter had to stay. Added to that was a compost tumbler, and last but not least we erected an outhouse with a composting toilet system (The Nature's Head Composting Toilet).
We developed a gray water system incorporating the water that came out of the washing machine and from the outdoor shower to help water bananas, gingers, and canailles. All the down spouts coming off the roof were sent into depressions in the front yard. The depressions were planted with carex grass, which can withstand, and even thrive on, submersion in water that rain events bring to the swaled-out area. Aesthetically, carex reads as a lawn space in keeping with the cottage feeling of the home.
As with any full-fledged permaculture garden, an element of natural building needed to be incorporated. So, the heart and hearth of the garden is a cob pizza oven going into an outdoor kitchen with a built-in bench. Cob is a natural building technique that involves sculpting a mixture of sand, soil, and straw around an internal structure. In this case, the internal structure is comprised of an old built-in brick incinerator, and rubble collected on site.
Besides using the collected rubble as a base for the cob structure, other salvaged elements comprise major features of the project: the front fence was reconstructed from the preexisting fence; a majority of the stone edging was created by stones found while clearing the landscape in preparation for construction; the arbor was constructed from old wash line poles found on site; broken bricks pulled from another project were mixed with concrete and cast into vegetable beds, creating durable insulated planters while reducing the amount of concrete used ( and they also just have a unique effect); pathways and patio areas were laid using concrete broken out of the driveway and previous pathways. (When a little more broken concrete was needed, we busted out an old pad at another project a few blocks away.)
Far from a perfectly polished garden, this landscape now serves as a lush and inviting space for my clients, their friends and family to gather and enjoy each other’s company. Days after construction was finished the couple hosted their wedding reception in the garden—everyone danced, drank and celebrated, christening the garden and the union!
Elite Concrete
A modern curb appeal makeover that incorporates our Limestone Finish and exposed aggregate.
ArcTyp Metal Arts
These 19th Century French mirrors installed in this custom garden provide an extra dimension of perception and experience.
One Specialty Landscape Design, Pools & Hardscape
A very unique custom landscape design that uses an antique wooden wheel from a flour mill as a main water feature. Beside this water feature are two lanterns and with laid flagstone and a rock garden this is a complete and unique landscape design.
Ginkgo Leaf Studio
Looking through a shade garden, the brick walk curves from the front door to the driveway.
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Hortulus Animae llc - Mindful Garden Design
A celebrated actor couple’s relaxing Hudson Valley retreat stands at the highpoint of a spectacular east-facing slope. The house boasts sweeping views of the Berkshires and surrounding hills and fields. Nestled amongst 14 acres of managed meadows and mature, mixed woodland, the garden’s rustic hardscaping, sitting walls, steps and paths, spirals, terracing and benches are constructed from rough hewn slabs of local New York fieldstone and granite reclaimed from the site excavation. Durable swaths of deer resistant native plants explode with color throughout the season. Simple, yet thoughtful detailing sets the tone for a relaxing and inspiring atmosphere, where pollinators can thrive and creative minds can be set free.
Mid-sized Eclectic Outdoor Design Ideas
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