As this home underwent renovation to create a more modern look, the landscape was in danger of being left behind. An outdated 70’s aqua pool got new, darker plaster to reflect the sky and waves of ornamental grasses, while the oversized concrete pool deck was trimmed down and resurfaced. A low concrete wall with a stainless steel spillway adds sound and movement, creating a subtle new focal point in the landscape.
A modern Highland Park home combines patio and lap swimming in a narrow space, where a sheet of water slips over a weir.
A new built Contemporary house in the Bluffview area of Dallas – we used many native and adaptive plants. Two of our favorite signature plantings are the Zoysia grass, left unmown, and Arizona Cypress ‘Carolina Sapphire” … A pretty stellar combination, don’t you think?
A ledger stone fountain wall gives this pool area a spectacular focus–while muffling traffic with water music and screening views of the parking area and neighbor’s yard. The back yard, while overlooking a beautiful golf course, formerly ended a few feet from the back door. Raising the whole pool terrace up both provides privacy from golfers and creates a dramatic entertaining and living space.
This narrow city lot is transformed into a series of garden rooms by a wall at the front building setback and structured plantings. Inside, a terrazzo urn fountain bubbles over, welcoming guests to a cool inner courtyard and a seating patio adjacent to the front entry. From the street, the visitor is enticed by glimpses of intimate niches up a broad crushed granite path.