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Fulham Garden by Amir Schlezinger (My Landscapes, LLC) in London, UK.

Cube2: A Show Garden by TLC Pools at Melboune International Flower & Garden Show 2013. 

http://www.tlclandscapes.com.au/www/content/default.aspx?cid=623

City Grocery:  A residential re-use of a 1928 grocery in Phoenix, Arizona.  Designed by landscape architect Steve Martino who owns Cactus City Design.   

There is a wonderful interview with Mr. Martino on the Land 8 blog in which he says his favorite building material is concrete block and talks about his struggle to use native desert plants long before natives were fashionable. Read it here: http://land8.com/profiles/blogs/member-spotlight-steve-martino. 

City Grocery:  A residential re-use of a 1928 grocery in Phoenix, Arizona.  Designed by landscape architect Steve Martino who owns Cactus City Design.   

There is a wonderful interview with Mr. Martino on the Land 8 blog in which he says his favorite building material is concrete block and talks about his struggle to use native desert plants long before natives were fashionable. Read it here: http://land8.com/profiles/blogs/member-spotlight-steve-martino



Interesting Ipe fence for the pool area at La Canada Mid-Century in Los Angeles, California.   I wasn’t able to find out who designed the fence but the house renovation was done by interior designer Jamie Bush & Co. 

Interesting Ipe fence for the pool area at La Canada Mid-Century in Los Angeles, California.   I wasn’t able to find out who designed the fence but the house renovation was done by interior designer Jamie Bush & Co. 

Jet Black Garden:  A city garden for a fashion designer in Fulham, London, UK.   Designed by UK firm Charlotte Rowe Garden Design. 


Quince:  A garden at a remodeled mid-century modern Eichler House in Sunnyvale, California.   Designed by California firm Bernard Trainor + Associates.

A Swimming PondLocated in Rockingham, Vermont. Designed by Vermont firm Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio.

Tiger Glen Garden:   Johnson Museum of Art in Ithaca, New York.   Designed by New York state landscape architect Marc Peter Keane.

Thank you to Mr. Keane for providing all the photos and background information. http://www.mpkeane.com/tigerglen2.html.

Garden path photographed by Saxon Holt. Check out his facebook page for the original article from the blog Gardening Gone Wild:  https://www.facebook.com/saxon.holt.wall?fref=ts. Thanks to Mr. Holt for use of the photo.

Garden path photographed by Saxon Holt. Check out his facebook page for the original article from the blog Gardening Gone Wild:  https://www.facebook.com/saxon.holt.wall?fref=ts

Thanks to Mr. Holt for use of the photo.

Using the tailings from a defunct granite quarry, Massachusetts landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand subtly honored the history of the site while introducing order. Located in Guilford, Connecticut, U.S. The project won a honor awards in 2011 from the Boston Society of Landscape Architecture and from the American Society of Landscape Architecture in 2012. Photo by Charles Moyer.

Using the tailings from a defunct granite quarry, Massachusetts landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand subtly honored the history of the site while introducing order. Located in Guilford, Connecticut, U.S. The project won a honor awards in 2011 from the Boston Society of Landscape Architecture and from the American Society of Landscape Architecture in 2012. Photo by Charles Moyer.


Perforated metal gate by Parasoliel, a Colorado manufacturer of architectural metal panels.

Perforated metal gate by Parasoliel, a Colorado manufacturer of architectural metal panels.


Oakland, California Garden designed by Berkeley firm Thuilot Associates.

A pavilion and patio connect 2 buildings at a 1908 farm house on Shelter Island, New York.   Designed by New York architecture firm Schappacher White.

A pavilion and patio connect 2 buildings at a 1908 farm house on Shelter Island, New York.   Designed by New York architecture firm Schappacher White.



October in Monet’s garden at Giverny, France.

October in Monet’s garden at Giverny, France.


Traditional patio with brick and Pennsylvania Bluestone for a Brooklyn, New York back yard. No garden/landscape designer was mentioned. The addition on the house was designed by Brooklyn architect Ben Herzog. Perhaps he designed the garden too?

Traditional patio with brick and Pennsylvania Bluestone for a Brooklyn, New York back yard. No garden/landscape designer was mentioned. The addition on the house was designed by Brooklyn architect Ben Herzog. Perhaps he designed the garden too?