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Karen and Ruben Project.... Glendale, California |
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Karen and Ruben Project.... Glendale, California |
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 Before |
 After |
 A soft flowing curve was added to give the house character. |
 Deciduous trees were added to allow the sun to warm the house in the Winter, and shade it in the hot summer. |
 Entry court with specimen Japanese Magnolia. |
 Expanded driveway and designed an entry court for ease of car exiting |
 View from entry court into the front garden and the neighborhood. |
 Back Garden; horizontal slats add a modern look! |
 Black Bamboo was used to divide the larger space into three areas. (It is contained in the planter, too!) |
 Black Bamboo used as garden wall. It will become quite thick and dense. |
 Peaking through the bamboo! |
 Repeated horizontal fencing here, used to screen pool equipment (in a stylish way!) |
 Notice the way the Black Bamboo was used as a garden wall. |
 Planting area is adjacent to pool for tropical effect. Also, tropicals have been planted against a dark "black iron" colored wall. The black provides depth.... especially when the plants fill in! |
 Elegant Black Bamboo! It is a runner, so you must contain it in a planter or planting pot! YOU MUST! |
| Web Design and Maintenance by Stephen T. Swafford, Photography Courtesy Michael A. Rodriguez--both of Indah Bulan |
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Karen and Ruben bought and fixed this house up for Karen's parents. (What a lovely gift!) We designed the front garden, back garden, and
helped them modify the colors on the house... all to kudos from the neighbors! Our main goal was to not only make a garden that
would be very easy to maintain, but also a garden that was elder-friendly. We achieved this by regrading all the sidewalks, enlarging steps,
and using rounded or bull-nose brick. In addition, we planned a lighting scheme that would accent and illuminate, without distracting from
the garden. (One should never see where the light comes from!... it should just be there!) We designed an entry court so that it will
be easier to exit the car, and be a lovely welcome "home". In the case of the bland architecture, we hand built a trellis of brass wire around
the large picture window in the front of the house. On this trellis, we planted Star Jasmine, because it is evergreen, and the fragrant blooms are
white... our garden accent color. All the photos below are taken right after it was planted. We hope to have an update soon!