We completed this installation on Capitol Hill last week amidst the incessant June rain! It was a couple of very muddy days, but it resulted in a wonderful shady oasis. As you can see from the before and after pictures (below) the garden already had some lovely mature Japanese Maples as well as numerous Hellebores and Sarcacocca. We tried to reuse as many plants as possible, and thin out the ones that were taking over. Another goal was to expose the beautiful stone wall along the front, so you could see its texture against the foliage. BEFORE: AFTER: BEFORE: AFTER: Here are a couple more photos to show you more angles of the project. Its always wonderful to work with mixture of ... Read More
Archives for June 2012
South Seattle Garden Completed!
We completed the installation for a garden in South Seattle a couple weeks ago and we're ecstatic about the results! (See previous blog entry for the design sketch). The site was challenging in that it was completely covered in gravel, so in order to make space for planting beds, we had to move the gravel, but before doing that we had to remove the sod. You can see what the site looked like in the below Before and After photos: BEFORE: AFTER: BEFORE: AFTER: And below are more pictures of the back yard (I'll have to post the side yard later!). The water feature is a concrete bowl that my friend Jon Clarren made. It is basically passive water feature/birdbath, but could someday ... Read More
