Clear single-family house front garden
The customer’s wishes for this design were clear from the outset: the front garden needed to be more modern and sleek. It also needed to be easy to maintain and uncluttered, with an Asian touch. This would create a seamless transition to the rest of the garden behind the house. Oversized and inappropriate shrubs and bulky evergreens were removed to create lightness and simplify the pathways. A Japanese maple was retained and supplemented with an additional ornamental shrub to create a gentle transition to the front garden of the neighbouring house.
Calm, low-maintenance and organic
The entrance to the house is better emphasised by the calm design, it appears more orderly and is also easier to maintain. The entrance to the house is clearly marked by a straight pathway with paving slabs, and the stepping stones on the gravel paths to the left and right indicate the way into the garden or cellar. The organic design of the planting areas also creates a natural ambience.
Asian flavour
A low wall made of natural stone to the left of the door is ideal for decorative arrangements as well as seating and creates a calm contrast with its straight lines. The existing large stones have been integrated into the planting areas. Almost like Suseiki — as the deliberately placed stones are called in Japanese garden design — they harmonise perfectly with the Asian-inspired planting and break up the overall picture. The planting consists mainly of evergreen perennials, grasses and various flowering shrubs, which provide varied accents throughout the year.
Front garden in two variants
The front garden of the neighbouring house was also redesigned at the same time. The size and layout are the same, but the front gardens differ in terms of style: Modern front garden.
Origin
Planting
Trees
- Acer palmatum green-leaved (Japanese maple)
- Gleditisa triacanthos ‚Sunburst‘ (Golden Gleditsa)
Shrubs
- Hydrangea macrophylla ‚Endless Summer The Bride‘ (Farmer’s hydrangea)
- Taxus baccata (yew ball)
- Rhododendron ‚Diamond White‘ (Japanese Azalea)
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‚Columnaris‘ or ‚Ellwoodii‘ (false cypress)
Perennials and grasses
- Cimicifuga ramosa ‚Atropurpurea‘ (September primrose)
- Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‚Karl Foerster‘ (riding grass)
- Polystichum setiferum ‚Proliferum‘ (Narrow filigree fern)
- Hosta x tardiana ‚Halcyon‘ (funkia)
- Luzula nivea (snow marbel)
- Helleborus niger (Christmas rose)
- Astilbe chinensis var. Pumila (dwarf spirea)
Miscellaneous
- Muscari azureum ‚Album‘ or Crocus (grape hyacinth)
- Iris reticulata ‚Natascha‘ (Reticulated Iris)
- Crocus chrysanthus ‚Ard Schenk‘ (Crocus)
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta ‚Alba‘ (bluebell)
Materialisation
- Slab flooring and tread slabs: Maggia, untreated
- Wall bricks Maggia
- Chaussalisation
Equipment
- Lighting
Horticulture
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