The Objective: Create a serene meditation garden out of a shared, side-yard lawn.
The Challenges: Exposed views to neighbor’s windows and patio, pass-through lawn and overgrown shrub border.
So often lawn is used to fill up the garden where more thoughtful design could provide an inspired and engaging space. Carefully placed freestanding wood screens and tori arch created just enough containment to make this side-yard comfortable. Lawn was replaced with a ‘stream’ of gravel and flagstone edged with flowering ground cover and dwarf conifers and perennials that bring scale and flow to this small space. Ceramic pottery, sculpture, and a natural stone bench pull the space together with an Asian aesthetic and furnish it with focal points and perspective.
