Alexander Champagne Landscape Design » gravel terrace http://www.alexanderchampagne.com Aire d'Essai residential division Tue, 18 Mar 2014 01:21:22 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Full make over garden for a Tudor Style mansion in Santa Monica, California http://www.alexanderchampagne.com/construction-of-front-yard-in-santa-monica-ca/ http://www.alexanderchampagne.com/construction-of-front-yard-in-santa-monica-ca/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:32:21 +0000 airedessacld http://www.alexanderchampagne.com/?p=49 So many front yards are just made of a traditional lawn that requires lots of watering dollars, and don’t allow any use of it. It is just made to be green. Why don’t you make your front yard useful, low water consumption, and low maintenance? That  would be a environmental way to go.

  • Contruction of planters in the forefront of the properry
  • Construction of one gravel terrace: the water can percolate to the ground
  • Construction of a brick terrace, using natural material
  • Low maintenance hedges
  • Drip line for irrigation

This all implementation was inspected and approved by the highly environmentally concerned City of Santa Monica, CA.

New front yard construction of terrace Construction of one gravel terrace: the water can percolate to the ground Construction of a brick terrace, using natural material Ligustrum hedge Front yard - design result New pergola covered with growing Wisteria Low maintenance hedges Cypresses Low maintenance hedges Contruction of planters in the forefront of the properry Drip line for irrigation Furniture and orangerie planter

 

]]> http://www.alexanderchampagne.com/construction-of-front-yard-in-santa-monica-ca/feed/ 0 17K$ ‘package’: lawn, terrace, gravel path, Provence palette, privacy hedges, lighting, and drip line irrigation, what else? http://www.alexanderchampagne.com/17k-package-lawn-terrace-gravel-path-provence-palette-privacy-hedges-lighting-and-drip-line-irrigation-what-else/ http://www.alexanderchampagne.com/17k-package-lawn-terrace-gravel-path-provence-palette-privacy-hedges-lighting-and-drip-line-irrigation-what-else/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:27:09 +0000 airedessacld http://www.alexanderchampagne.com/?p=303 We like to call it ‘package’, because in this project, it’s really what people most commonly ask for.
the lawn for the kids, the terrace for lunch and dinner, the Provence palette for the fragrance and the color tones, the hedges for the privacy, some lighting for dramatic effects at night, and the drip line irrigation system to lower the cost of water consumption. What else can we get you?

This project includes also a 35-light bulb string coonected to a dimmer to allow you to adjust the amount of light and create the perfect atmosphere, a few terra cotta planters.

We focussed on:

  • - creating privacy from adjacent neighbors;
  • - bringing a Provence flair through the plant selection and the paint colors;
  • - dividing the space into outdoor rooms, paying attention to the proportions, and the connections;
  • - implementing a drip line irrigation system to help the client keep control of the water bill.

    • Implementation of project: trimming existing tree, grading, repairing draining system, installing and painting new fence, planting good looking hedges, planting Provence style palette, installing borders, installing low pressure drip line irrigation, implementing a large decomposed granite terrace, and gravel paths around the house.

    More pictures to come in the early Summer 2014.

    This project includes: decomposed granite terrace, lawn playground, Provence garden, Lounge ambiance.

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