Piante Design

This garden had a wonderful beginning point but needed some help to fill in the gaps and provide some structure, balance and cohesion to the garden. The bench was the main feature they wanted nestled into the garden to feel immersed among the flowers. We framed the backdrop of the bench with pinwheel jasmine and azaleas and added in drift roses in front for consistent beautiful blooms. An additional rounded loropetalum was added to frame the bench. Hostas, more drift roses, and pentas filled in the spaces for continuous color and textural contrast. Asiatic jasmine was added where needed to create more defined bed lines. To complete the garden and frame the driveway, two spiral topiaries with boxwood globes, pentas and asiatic jasmine was also added.

Our client’s beautiful contemporary home needed a landscape refresh. Blending a modern contemporary style with a slightly wild and organic look was quite the task. To keep the garden in alignment with the traditional forms in the neighborhood, we proposed some boxwood parterres in a modern rectilinear form with muhly grass and gaura for a bit of a natural and wild look behind the structure of the boxwood hedge. Eugenia globes with contemporary concrete spheres add structure and visual interest near the entry way. They also break up the parterres to add some rhythm and balance. Pinwheel jasmine and gardenia are also incorporated for beautiful white flowers and fragrance.