The crused shell driveway is traditional surface that is bordered by a bluestone walk that connects to both the front and back house entries. The relocated tool shed has an outdoor shower on the backside for cleaning up after coming back from the beach. Paul Maue

Идея дизайна: солнечный, осенний японский сад на переднем дворе в стиле неоклассика (современная классика) с подъездной дорогой и хорошей освещенностью

Dry stacked retaining walls are being used to terrace this front yard. We installed a paver front walkway as well through the new shade tolerant landscape plantings.

June perennial gardens with oriental poppies, peony, iris, sweet william and viola (Johnny Jump UP) Kathleen Bassett Gardene
Пример оригинального дизайна: большой солнечный, летний участок и сад на переднем дворе в стиле кантри с подъездной дорогой, садовой дорожкой или калиткой, хорошей освещенностью и мощением тротуарной плиткой

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

A mixed planting at the public sidewalk softens the expansive look of U-shaped concrete driveway.
Стильный дизайн: большой летний участок и сад на переднем дворе в классическом стиле с подъездной дорогой и полуденной тенью - последний тренд

The granite landing extends down in two directions to the Goshen stone walkway.
На фото: солнечный, весенний участок и сад среднего размера на переднем дворе в стиле кантри с покрытием из каменной брусчатки, подъездной дорогой, садовой дорожкой или калиткой и хорошей освещенностью с

John Huneycutt Photography
На фото: солнечный, летний садовый фонтан среднего размера на переднем дворе в современном стиле с подъездной дорогой, хорошей освещенностью и мощением тротуарной плиткой с

Looking up the new driveway towards the street. 'Green Giant' Arborvitae screen the neighbor's property from view and will mature to conceal the utility lines overhead. Boulders found on site were utilized to make walls for a larger parking area. Photo by Susan Sotera

Howard Roberts
Источник вдохновения для домашнего уюта: участок и сад в классическом стиле с подъездной дорогой

Источник вдохновения для домашнего уюта: огромный участок и сад на переднем дворе в средиземноморском стиле с подъездной дорогой и мощением клинкерной брусчаткой

Aluminum driveway gate with simple basket weave fill in with an aluminum reinforced tube frame. Ornamental hinge straps.
Стильный дизайн: участок и сад в стиле кантри с подъездной дорогой - последний тренд

Modern contemporary Mail box John A. Salat Architects http://ZenArchitect.com

На фото: большой солнечный, летний участок и сад на переднем дворе в классическом стиле с подъездной дорогой, хорошей освещенностью и мощением клинкерной брусчаткой с

Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan
Свежая идея для дизайна: солнечный участок и сад среднего размера на переднем дворе в классическом стиле с подъездной дорогой, садовой дорожкой или калиткой, хорошей освещенностью и мощением клинкерной брусчаткой - отличное фото интерьера

A circular landing of irregular Fond du Lac flagstone forms a transition point from walk to porch. Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ is one of the many existing plants saved and transplanted. Westhauser Photography

Идея дизайна: большой участок и сад на переднем дворе в классическом стиле с подъездной дорогой, садовой дорожкой или калиткой и мощением клинкерной брусчаткой

Peastone parking court with antique granite curbing, perennial planting beds and evergreen screening.
На фото: участок и сад среднего размера на внутреннем дворе в стиле кантри с подъездной дорогой, полуденной тенью и покрытием из гравия с

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.