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Heads Carolina, Tails California
I truly enjoyed meeting you both today. You have such a beautiful home, and so many options to create your desired outdoor space. I wanted to work backward a little bit this time because we are using simple layers. This way I can make sure that I am designing around the plants that you are …
Creation of a More Dramatic Entrance
The Process I had the pleasure of meeting and working with these wonderful clients. Upon our initial meeting, I learned that they wanted to collaborate the plant material in the front with the plant material that the builder had put along the backside of the house. The intent is the create larger and more dramatic …
Flowering Green Walk
This is the imagery of both potential design areas combined. The photo shows all plants at full growth, and what they would look like in bloom. Unfortunately, the plants would not all be in bloom at the same time. During the actual installation, all path and bed lines would have very smooth curves. Planter beds …
Moonlight Gardens
Moonlight Gardens is an excellent way to showcase your house when you do not have full sunlight. The light flowers on dark foliage shine out and give a more dramatic effect because they do not blend into the foliage when the sun has passed. If you have a part sun situation, you want to use …
Bring Me All the Blooms
This client has a very natural wooded backyard that has constant foot traffic from deer and rabbits. The goal was to create a view from their office window that would have shrubs and perennials that provided them with maximum flowering. The two biggest challenges are the animals and the lack of sunlight. Most of the …
Mid Century Modern
Starting right to left facing the house: Front Bed in front of the porch Feather Falls Sedge Evergreen, Clumper instead of spreader, 18 inches tall by 3 feet wide. Easy to keep less than 3 feet wide. https://hoffmannursery.com/plants/details/carex-feather-falls-et-crx01-pp26199 Bed running down driveway Dwarf Yaupon Holly Slow growing evergreen shrub, max 2 feet tall by 2.5 …
Bed Addition, Grass Reduction
This client has a beautiful house and already beautiful yard, but wanted to minimize the amount of bermuda grass they were having to maintain. In addition, they are avid gardeners who love to take photos of all the blooms. The goals were: Beginning Photo: Here was the design presented: Plant List Proposed: Finished Photos:
Whimsical Renovation
First I want to link to a website that I think is the color pallet and style you like. We would add more pops of colors with existing plants (pinks, purples, soft reds). They have limes/brights, with texture, and the inclusion of pots. https://www.gardengatemagazine.com/articles/design-ideas/all/color-and-texture-garden-paulsen/ Plant Suggestions: Each plant is hyperlinked to a site that gives …
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