Posts tagged: plantings
People’s Choice Award at the Chelsea Flower Show 2012: The Arthritis Research U.K. Garden designed by Thomas Hoblyn Landscape and Garden Design.
This garden says country. C O M F Y. Ridge Farm in South Hampton, New Hampshire in the U.S. Designed by New Hampshire firm Woodburn & Co. Landscape Achitecture.
Subdued palette and rich textures in this terraced landscape by California landscape architect, Andrea Cochran. Photo by Marian Brenner.
Dry stone garden walls just beg to be planted. Here the lovely & lacey U.S. native, Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum).
Let’s face it. Front foundations are a pain to do and the results frequently boring and trite. Here’s one that, though not innovative, has hit all the right notes, in my book. It’s taken it’s cue from the house, casual and asymmetrical. By using large shrubs at either end, the eye is drawn inward to where it should be: the front door. And how about that front walk? Lets hear from you. Do you think it fits?
Designed by landscape architect Mary Palmer Dargan. Photo by Jeff Herr.
What’s Blooming Now: Narcissus jonquilla var. henriquesii at the JC Raulston Arboretum in North Carolina. By the way, this arboretum is a “must see” if you are ever in Raleigh. A delight for any plant lover.
A Casual, Lush Garden. ’Avalon’ is on the North Beaches near Sydney, Australia and was designed by the firm, Secret Gardens of Sydney. Love the sling chair. Furniture doesn’t have to be expensive.
This garden by Ulf Nordfjell won Best of Show at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2009. Materials: Laser cut stainless steel and glass pavilion with granite stones. Planting in silver, white, and blue.
Love this. Oudolf’s planting designs are definitely inspiring and inspired. mountain-ash:
Joan MItchell+Piet Oudolf
“Vista,” Larnach Castle Garden, Dunedin, New Zealand. (Another country I’d like to visit.) Photo by Moosey.
Beautiful layering of grasses (Pennisetum, I presume) in a garden in Morocco. Designed by Chelsea gold award winner, Luciano Giubbilei.
Mown path in a prairie planting to focus attention. I don’t think we (garden designers here in the US) use this simple device often enough. Vase is Tivoli 45, finial, and plinth from Longshadow.
A Place to Gather: Ben Gurion Square, the entrance to Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel. Designed by Chyutin Architects. Strips of concrete alternate with concrete benches and vegetation (grass, Equisetophyta, and seasonal plants changed 3 times a year). Have you noticed that strips of whatever and Equisetum are now the darlings of Landscape Architects? (Think High Line.) Did Andrea Cochran start it all in her residential gardens? I love the look. Just wondering…
