I just love the look of the newly completed designs, especially after all the work they take. I didn't do the excavation though, that is the hard part. My specialty tends to be the stucco application...
Stop yammering and show you the photos? Okay... before photo then after photos, you get the idea. (Wanna see the construction? Here is the link: http://liciapots.blogspot.com/2008/07/installation-of-landscape-design.html )
Before:
After:
This is the new circular patio with seating wall surround (stucco by yours truly). The patio stones radiate from a central point. There are 3 entrances to the patio; a curvy path, stairs from the deck and stucco stairs (again, me and the stucco) from the "upper garden".
Originally the design encompassed more of the space (think pergolas with climbing vines and profuse color over the deck and raised circular planting beds in upper garden, from where the photo below was taken) but it was "downgraded" to adjust the budget.
In reality I think that they miss out on the long term gain of having a design that truly envelopes the garden and creates a sanctuary entirely separate of the interior of ones home. Occasionally we do get a return call to complete the installations as originally intended.
Curvy path, and further up the curvy path follow.
Originally the design encompassed more of the space (think pergolas with climbing vines and profuse color over the deck and raised circular planting beds in upper garden, from where the photo below was taken) but it was "downgraded" to adjust the budget.
In reality I think that they miss out on the long term gain of having a design that truly envelopes the garden and creates a sanctuary entirely separate of the interior of ones home. Occasionally we do get a return call to complete the installations as originally intended.
Curvy path, and further up the curvy path follow.
Plant nerds/huggers? We have:Trees: Full Moon Maple, Fireglow Maple, Magnolia Bracken's Brown Beauty, Magnolia Moonglow, 'Diane' Witchhazel, Ginkgo Biloba 'Marieken', Cotinus 'Grace'.
Ferns: Autumn Fern 'Brilliance', Ostrich fern
Grasses: Japanese Blood Grass, Purple Flame Grass
Perennials and shrubs: Japanese Anemone 'September charm', Bear's Breeches, Daphne 'Sumer Ice', Beauty Berry 'Dark Star', Red Bells Enkianthus, Mt Airy Fothergilla, Helloborus 'Royal Heritage', Plum Pudding Heuchera, 'Snow Queen' Oakleaf Hydrangia, Blue Umbrella Hosta, Veriagated Gladwyn Iris, Honeybush (Melianthus major), 'Gulf Stream' Heavenly Bamboo, 'Coppertina' Ninebark, Japanese Tobira, Variegated Japanese Tobira, Spirea 'Little princess', Sedum 'Purple emperor'Ferns: Autumn Fern 'Brilliance', Ostrich fern
Grasses: Japanese Blood Grass, Purple Flame Grass
13 comments:
Lovely work. I am a Washington native living in SE Wyoming for the last 14years. One of my 3 kids was born in Redmond at GH hospital.
wow, that's incredible! What a lot of work, and well worth it!
so beautiful, darn i want that yard. i need a pretty yard to get married in.
I cannot wait to start the next one, we have considerably more space and resources to work with. We measure it on Monday! How exciting!
Oh my goodness! That is one gorgeous yard. You did a great job.
Gorgeous!! Can you come do my yard... :)
Jessica
Fabulous!
Beautiful shapes and design! Makes me want to sroll through there... and sit a for a while.
WOW! Your yard looks beautiful, nice job :)
Wow! That came out fantastic! I love stucco - you see it all over California... then I moved here and I didn't see it anywhere!
What a beautiful yard!!! Wish mine looked like that. Thanks for sharing it with us :)
Oh, that is just beautiful, Licia. Such a wonderful place to go out and enjoy the out of doors.
Hey, you're like the folks on HGTV!
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