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ARTISTIC ZEN

WHERE WE STARTED

Artistic Zen, front before
the front before construction started

Artistic Zen, back yard before
back yard before construction

WHERE WE'RE GOING

click the plan to see an enlarged view of the new plan; this plan is still in progress (revisions are happening...)

ArtisticZen, water feature sketch
a quick sketch of the proposed water feature and patio

WORK IN PROGRESS

ArtisticZen, stone patio and firepit
a natural stone patio adjacent to the water feature uses basalt columns to create the fire pit; the bamboo grove is planted at the back

ArtisticZen, water feature
the 'pile o' rocks' water feature; it has a rill carved into the top of the basalt columns; the water goes from the bowl rock over to a small pond

ABOUT older, 70's ranch house in process of 3-phase, complete remodel and major addition; the first phase is complete and the second is in progress. the back garden will be complete at the end of the second phase owners are both artists by avocation-one a glass artist and the other an abstract painter site is adjacent to a creek and ravine to the south and at the end of a cul-de-sac some existing trees were removed, due either to condition or position several existing trees to remain, including a very large evergreen Magnolia in the back property slopes towards the creek with a difference of about 18-24" in height project team includes owners, architect, interior designer, and builder	PROJECT GOALS create a garden with a Zen aesthetic that includes glass art (to be determined) by the owner; the aesthetic should have a definite Japanese garden feel to it without being a Japanese garden replica; interject contemporary style garden must complement the newly remodeled home inside floor finishes to come outside, where possible create a "pile o' rocks" feature in the back garden outside of the new master bedroom and viewed from the living room create a "mound o' dirt" in the front garden to coordinate with the architectural changes include a water feature near the new hot tub area include bamboo screening at the NE back corner and at the new bridge connecting the existing house to the new addition	DESIGN CONCEPTS The plan above is the current working plan, with the back garden in progress and approved. The front garden is in the progress of changing, due to recent changes in the architectural plan. The back garden includes a lotus pool by the deck, a stone patio with firepit, a spectacular stone water feature, custom stone walk, glass screens, 3 custom arbors at the west side, a bamboo grove and, of course, great plants. PLANTS FOR THE BACK GARDEN:: The goal is to keep the plant types to a minimum and work with dry shade in the northeast corner. The plants include black bamboo, hellebores, Evergold sedge, autumn fern, Japanese painted fern, Leucothoe 'Rainbow', Japanese Holly, Edgeworthia crysantha, black mondo grass, and Alaskan weeping cedar.
Award Winners and Show Gardens ......	Gardens in Progress ....	Some Finished Gardens ..........

ABOUT

older, 70's ranch house in process of 3-phase, complete remodel and major addition; the first phase is complete and the second is in progress.
the back garden will be complete at the end of the second phase
owners are both artists by avocation-one a glass artist and the other an abstract painter
site is adjacent to a creek and ravine to the south and at the end of a cul-de-sac
some existing trees were removed, due either to condition or position
several existing trees to remain, including a very large evergreen Magnolia in the back
property slopes towards the creek with a difference of about 18-24" in height
project team includes owners, architect, interior designer, and builder

PROJECT GOALS

create a garden with a Zen aesthetic that includes glass art (to be determined) by the owner; the aesthetic should have a definite Japanese garden feel to it without being a Japanese garden replica; interject contemporary style
garden must complement the newly remodeled home
inside floor finishes to come outside, where possible
create a "pile o' rocks" feature in the back garden outside of the new master bedroom and viewed from the living room
create a "mound o' dirt" in the front garden to coordinate with the architectural changes
include a water feature near the new hot tub area
include bamboo screening at the NE back corner and at the new bridge connecting the existing house to the new addition

DESIGN CONCEPTS

The plan above is the current working plan, with the back garden in progress and approved.
The front garden is in the progress of changing, due to recent changes in the architectural plan.
The back garden includes a lotus pool by the deck, a stone patio with firepit, a spectacular stone water feature, custom stone walk, glass screens, 3 custom arbors at the west side, a bamboo grove and, of course, great plants.

PLANTS FOR THE BACK GARDEN::

The goal is to keep the plant types to a minimum and work with dry shade in the northeast corner.
The plants include black bamboo, hellebores, Evergold sedge, autumn fern, Japanese painted fern, Leucothoe 'Rainbow', Japanese Holly, Edgeworthia crysantha, black mondo grass, and Alaskan weeping cedar.

Award Winners and Show Gardens

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Gardens in Progress

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Some Finished Gardens

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