Transitioned high water-use, estate-style property into one with primarily water-wise California native plants. Homeowners wished to keep and integrate most original hardscape and existing drought tolerant Mediterranean climate plants, such as Italian Cypress.
Highlights: Large, conventional front turf and heritage rose garden remain, but children's play area with soggy lawn fully redesigned with jumping stumps, fragrant planting beds, trampoline, small meadow, repurposed rubber tire horse swing, and other play structures. California Wild Cherry hedge screens pool area. Gravel patio and fire pit augmented with native fern grotto. Showcase grasses now stabilize slopes. Varying colors, textures, and shapes appear year-round throughout the garden.
Irrigation: Drip and MP rotators where appropriate.
Native plants of interest: Foothill Sedge, Cleveland Sage, California Goldenrod.
Select photos by Pietro Ortiz Photography
Title: Gallery 5
Project Details:
Transitioned high water-use, estate-style property into one with primarily water-wise California native plants. Homeowners wished to keep and integrate most original hardscape and existing drought tolerant Mediterranean climate plants, such as Italian Cypress.
Highlights: Large, conventional front turf and heritage rose garden remain, but children's play area with soggy lawn fully redesigned with jumping stumps, fragrant planting beds, trampoline, small meadow, repurposed rubber tire horse swing, and other play structures. California Wild Cherry hedge screens pool area. Gravel patio and fire pit augmented with native fern grotto. Showcase grasses now stabilize slopes. Varying colors, textures, and shapes appear year-round throughout the garden.
Irrigation: Drip and MP rotators where appropriate.
Native plants of interest: Foothill Sedge, Cleveland Sage, California Goldenrod.
Select photos by Pietro Ortiz Photography