New Landscapes for 2006
2006 turned out to be one of my most creative seasons. 20
years ago when I entered the horticulture world we were in the middle of the
Cottage Garden craze. At the time I loved working with the challenges of
colour, timing, and textures of perennials. For the last little while
gardens have simplified considerably. So I was so happy to get clients who
just wanted colour again. Loved this year. I have now added a few one year
later photos you would be amazed at some of the growth. Just click on the
following link 2006 one year later
Pictures of the Summer of 2006
click here to see a
waterfall video
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Large Backyard 1
Most of my designing is done in the winter. This is what I normally see and often have to guess as to what lies beneath. |
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Large Backyard 2
This yard had many elements throughout that was united around a large slate patterned block deck |
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Large Backyard 3
The old soil had to be removed, recontoured and then resodded |
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Large Backyard 4
Something huge this year was pondless waterfalls where full waterfalls fall into a bed of large rock. I redesigned the pond so that it could have either visible water or have the water lie just beneath the surface. |
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Sidewalk Redo 1
The old cement was cracked and sunken. Once repaired the bricks were layed ontop |
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Sidewalk Redo 2
The client had a beautiful stain glass block that was encorporated into the brick work |
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Sidewalk Redo 3
The spring time colours worked in perfectly with red charcoal European Cobble stone |
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Deck Redo 1
Here the old cement had sloped inwards to the house a potentially dangerous flooding problem |
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Deck Redo 2
An amazing wood deck was built and then we add a raised European Northern Blend patio with an inlayed path and circle. |
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Deck Redo 3
I was in love with this deck when it was finished. I would like to see this with a wet look sealant to bring out the colour. |
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Deck Redo 4
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Section 2
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New Bed 1
When designing a new flower bed you should try as much as possible to have a garden that has 3 completely different looks |
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New Bed 2
Spring is so important to have bright colours to get you excited for the coming year |
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New Bed 3
Full rich colour pulls people outside to wonder the grounds every time |
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New Bed 4
One of my favourite times is the fall with coloured leaves and flowers |
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Japanese Garden 1
Quite a few years ago I built a Japanese garden in the style of a tea garden and it was nice to see it come to fruition |
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Japanese Garden 2
This is a Lion Scare where the water fills a bamboo flute that when heavy drops and makes a large clap. |
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Japanese Garden 3
A very nice view of the snow lantern |
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Japanese Garden 4
All gardens should look good in all the seasons. |
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click here for a video of a lion's
scare
Section 3
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Alpine Garden 1
The most important part of this design was getting a shared vision between what the client thought an alpine garden should look like and what I thought. |
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Alpine Garden 1a
We played around quite a lot with the design making 3 areas two kinds of alpine gardens and one traditional perennial border |
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Alpine Garden 1b
Just a fun picture of the little touches the home owners wanted in the garden |
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Steep slope 1
Steep slopes are always difficult because they tend to be harder on the plant material |
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Steep slope 2
Mulches are one of the most important choices to keep the slope stable and to keep the soil moist and protect the plants |
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Steep Slope 3
Although the patio changed many times during and even after the building the result was very cool |
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Low Maintenance 1
Creating a cactus garden with a waterfall and finding green bricks, what was I thinking when I was designing |
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Low Maintenance 2
One of my suppliers pulled through at the last moment with a pallet of fantastically beautiful glacial green slate that was put on a bed of mortar and sealed with polymeric sand |
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Low Maintenance 3
With the right soil amendments the grass was a thick green carpet within 3 weeks |
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Low Maintenance 4
This is a pondless waterfall which is fairly new to Edmonton. I cheated a little and made it deeper so that the client had the option of creating a pond |
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Low Maintenance 5
Good mix of a coloured barkchip that is suppose to keep its colour for 3 years and a dark green limestone |
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Smallest Yard Ever 1
Yet still took an incredible amount of time to build |
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Smallest Yard Ever 2
By using one mulch and spreading out over the parking pad we easily tripled the feeling of size |
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Smallest Yard Ever 3
The plantings are meant to have a new flower through out the summer, create a little destination and a view from the deck |
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Smallest Yard Ever 4
Under the mulch is a soaker hose system that helped the plants recover quickly and put a few extra blossoms this year |
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