A contemporary water rill garden, calm, peaceful and light, with crisp diamond cut sandstone paving, rendered planters, contrasting gravel which glitters in the sun, flanked by Beech and Hornbeam hedging. The gardens surround an 18th Century farmhouse, open to the public between April and September each year. For more information please visit stillingfleetlodgenurseries.co.uk

Vanessa Cottin
Идея дизайна: большой тенистый, летний участок и сад на заднем дворе в морском стиле с садовой дорожкой или калиткой и покрытием из каменной брусчатки

Martin Staffler, Gartenfotografie
На фото: летний участок и сад на переднем дворе в классическом стиле с садовой дорожкой или калиткой, полуденной тенью и покрытием из гравия с

На фото: солнечный, весенний регулярный сад на заднем дворе в средиземноморском стиле с хорошей освещенностью и покрытием из каменной брусчатки с

A traditional Cotswold garden of rooms. This is the side entrance with topiary & a rope swag covered in clematis. The designer is Jo Alderson Phillips

Стильный дизайн: огромный регулярный сад в стиле неоклассика (современная классика) с полуденной тенью - последний тренд

At this Palo Alto home, a concrete wall provides privacy for front yard seating. Existing boxwoods and dogwood tree at right were kept per client's wishes. (Photography by Paul Dyer)

Hoi Ning Wong
На фото: солнечный регулярный сад в классическом стиле с хорошей освещенностью

Photo by George Dzahristos
На фото: солнечный участок и сад в классическом стиле с хорошей освещенностью, покрытием из каменной брусчатки и садовой дорожкой или калиткой

Ribbon style driveway in the city.
На фото: солнечный участок и сад среднего размера на переднем дворе в классическом стиле с подъездной дорогой, мощением тротуарной плиткой и хорошей освещенностью с

The mountain tan gravel pathway meanders between the colorful planting palette.
Источник вдохновения для домашнего уюта: участок и сад среднего размера на заднем дворе в средиземноморском стиле с покрытием из гравия

Duy Tran Photography
Источник вдохновения для домашнего уюта: огромный весенний регулярный сад на переднем дворе в классическом стиле с полуденной тенью и мощением тротуарной плиткой

Laurie Black
Идея дизайна: большой регулярный сад в классическом стиле с покрытием из гравия

На фото: летний участок и сад на заднем дворе в классическом стиле с мощением клинкерной брусчаткой с

Roger Washburn
На фото: тенистый участок и сад на склоне в классическом стиле

Источник вдохновения для домашнего уюта: участок и сад на заднем дворе в средиземноморском стиле с покрытием из гравия и садовой дорожкой или калиткой

На фото: осенний участок и сад на заднем дворе в классическом стиле с покрытием из гранитной крошки и садовой дорожкой или калиткой

We installed hardscapes, elements and plantings
Свежая идея для дизайна: участок и сад на боковом дворе в современном стиле с покрытием из гальки и забором - отличное фото интерьера

In 2003, we received a call from John and Jennifer Randall of West Houston. They had decided to build a French-style home just off of Piney Point near Memorial Drive. Jennifer wanted a modern French landscape design that reflected the symmetry, balance, and patterns of Old World estates. French landscapes like this are popular because of their uniquely proportioned partier gardens, formal garden and constructions, and tightly clipped hedges. John also wanted the French landscape design because of his passion for his heritage (he originally came to Houston from Louisiana), as well as the obvious aesthetic benefits of creating a natural complement to the architecture of the new house. The first thing we designed was a motor court driveway/parking area in the front of the home. While you may not think that a paved element would have anything at all do with landscape design, in reality it is truly apropos to the theme. French homes almost always have paving that extends all the way to the house. In the case of the Randall home, we used interlocking concrete pavers to create a surface that looks much older than it really is. This prevented the property from looking too much like a new construction and better lent itself to the elegance and stateliness characteristic of French landscape designs in general. Further blending of practical function with the aesthetic elements of French landscaping was accomplished in an area to the left of the driveway. John loved fishing, and he requested that we design a convenient parking area to temporarily store his boat while he waited for a slip at the marina to become available. Knowing that this area would function only for temporary storage, we came up with the idea of integrating this special parking area into the green space of a parterre garden. We laid down a graveled area in the shape of a horseshoe that would easily allow John back up his truck and unload his boat. We then surrounded this graveled area with a scalloped hedge characterized by a very bright, light green color. Planting boxwoods and Holly trees beyond the hedge, we then extended them throughout the yard. This created a contrast of light and green ground cover that is characteristic of French landscape designs. By establishing alternating light and dark shades of color, it helps establish an unconscious sense of movement which the eye finds it hard to resist following Parterre gardens like this are also keynote elements to French landscape designs, and the combination of such a green space with the functional element of a paved area serves to elevate the mundane purpose of a temporary parking and storage area into an aesthetic in its own right. Also, we deliberately chose the horseshoe design because we knew this space could later be transformed into a decorative center for the entire garden. This is the main reason we used small stones to cover the area, rather than concrete or pavers. When the boat was eventually relocated, the darkly colored stones surrounded by a brightly colored hedge gave us an excellent place to mount an outdoor sculpture. The elegance of the home and surrounding French landscape design warranted attention at all hours so we contracted a lighting design company to ensure that all important elements of the house and property were fully visible at night. With mercury vapor lights concealed in trees, we created artificial moonlight that shone down on the garden and front porch. For accent lighting, we used a combination of up lights and down lights to differentiate architectural features, and we installed façade lights to emphasize the face of the home itself. Although a new construction, this residence achieved such an aura of stateliness that it earned fame throughout the neighborhood almost overnight, and it remains a favorite in the Piney Point area to this day. For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.