Bighorn Palm Desert luxury home modern entrance landscape design. Photo by William MacCollum.
ロサンゼルスにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (池、日向、砂利舗装、ウッドフェンス) の写真

Can you believe that this pond uses less water than the lawn that stood before it?! Well believe it! This gorgeous pond, waterfall and landscape actually uses less water than that old lawn! Here’s a project where the client traded in their old ugly lawn for a beautiful pond, waterfall and low maintenance stunning succulents and drought tolerant landscape with synthetic turf. Not only does the client use a fraction of the water since the renovation, it is now super low maintenance! This is the family’s favorite spot to relax and enjoy any part of the day! If you are considering remodeling your yard either to save money on your water bill or just help conserve water in this tough drought, consider changing your yard into a livable and guilt free paradise with a sustainable water feature!

ロサンゼルスにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、擁壁、日陰、砂利舗装) の写真

The problem this Memorial-Houston homeowner faced was that her sumptuous contemporary home, an austere series of interconnected cubes of various sizes constructed from white stucco, black steel and glass, did not have the proper landscaping frame. It was out of scale. Imagine Robert Motherwell's "Black on White" painting without the Museum of Fine Arts-Houston's generous expanse of white walls surrounding it. It would still be magnificent but somehow...off. Intuitively, the homeowner realized this issue and started interviewing landscape designers. After talking to about 15 different designers, she finally went with one, only to be disappointed with the results. From the across-the-street neighbor, she was then introduced to Exterior Worlds and she hired us to correct the newly-created problems and more fully realize her hopes for the grounds. "It's not unusual for us to come in and deal with a mess. Sometimes a homeowner gets overwhelmed with managing everything. Other times it is like this project where the design misses the mark. Regardless, it is really important to listen for what a prospect or client means and not just what they say," says Jeff Halper, owner of Exterior Worlds. Since the sheer size of the house is so dominating, Exterior Worlds' overall job was to bring the garden up to scale to match the house. Likewise, it was important to stretch the house into the landscape, thereby softening some of its severity. The concept we devised entailed creating an interplay between the landscape and the house by astute placement of the black-and-white colors of the house into the yard using different materials and textures. Strategic plantings of greenery increased the interest, density, height and function of the design. First we installed a pathway of crushed white marble around the perimeter of the house, the white of the path in homage to the house’s white facade. At various intervals, 3/8-inch steel-plated metal strips, painted black to echo the bones of the house, were embedded and crisscrossed in the pathway to turn it into a loose maze. Along this metal bunting, we planted succulents whose other-worldly shapes and mild coloration juxtaposed nicely against the hard-edged steel. These plantings included Gulf Coast muhly, a native grass that produces a pink-purple plume when it blooms in the fall. A side benefit to the use of these plants is that they are low maintenance and hardy in Houston’s summertime heat. Next we brought in trees for scale. Without them, the impressive architecture becomes imposing. We placed them along the front at either corner of the house. For the left side, we found a multi-trunk live oak in a field, transported it to the property and placed it in a custom-made square of the crushed marble at a slight distance from the house. On the right side where the house makes a 90-degree alcove, we planted a mature mesquite tree. To finish off the front entry, we fashioned the black steel into large squares and planted grass to create islands of green, or giant lawn stepping pads. We echoed this look in the back off the master suite by turning concrete pads of black-stained concrete into stepping pads. We kept the foundational plantings of Japanese yews which add green, earthy mass, something the stark architecture needs for further balance. We contoured Japanese boxwoods into small spheres to enhance the play between shapes and textures. In the large, white planters at the front entrance, we repeated the plantings of succulents and Gulf Coast muhly to reinforce symmetry. Then we built an additional planter in the back out of the black metal, filled it with the crushed white marble and planted a Texas vitex, another hardy choice that adds a touch of color with its purple blooms. To finish off the landscaping, we needed to address the ravine behind the house. We built a retaining wall to contain erosion. Aesthetically, we crafted it so that the wall has a sharp upper edge, a modern motif right where the landscape meets the land.

Photography by Matthew Momberger
ロサンゼルスにあるラグジュアリーな巨大な、夏のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (擁壁、日向、砂利舗装) の写真

Photo by Valencia Howard
サンフランシスコにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (擁壁、砂利舗装) の写真

Allan block retaining wall and stairs. Beautiful azalea blooming agains the forest backdrop.
バンクーバーにあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれな裏庭 (擁壁、砂利舗装、日陰) の写真

ロサンゼルスにある中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、擁壁、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

サンディエゴにあるラグジュアリーな広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな裏庭 (ゼリスケープ、擁壁、日向、砂利舗装) の写真

Front yard and driveway, with Texas basalt, steel retaining wall and native plants
オースティンにあるお手頃価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (擁壁、砂利舗装) の写真

オースティンにある高級な広い、春のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、擁壁、日陰、砂利舗装) の写真

他の地域にあるお手頃価格の中くらいな、春のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (擁壁、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

Ian Moore
サンフランシスコにある高級な小さな、夏のモダンスタイルのおしゃれな庭 (半日向、砂利舗装、擁壁) の写真

ロサンゼルスにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、擁壁、日陰、砂利舗装) の写真

Kelsey Schweickert
サンフランシスコにある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (擁壁、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

Steel planters and steps with Texas basalt and native plants
オースティンにあるお手頃価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな裏庭 (擁壁、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真

These unique ornamental grasses will fill in the gaps in this copper retaining wall.
ソルトレイクシティにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (擁壁、砂利舗装) の写真

ロサンゼルスにある広いモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (ゼリスケープ、擁壁、日陰、砂利舗装) の写真

オースティンにある高級な小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな前庭 (擁壁、半日向、砂利舗装) の写真