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An informal French country cottage
garden with a used brick patio and
raised swimming pool and spa
veneered in New York bluestone.
A very densely planted tropical
garden with banana, weeping
wisteria, liriope and other large
foliage plantings.
Tropical plantings, including
philodendron, liriope, pygmy
date palms to create a lush
natural effect.
A simple garden path adjacent to
a house planted with palm trees,
pigsqueek, giant timber bamboo
to soften the transition from one
garden to the next.
A garden path leading to a broken
concrete patio planted with isotoma,
New Zealand flax, pigsqueek, liriope
and other large foliage plantings.
A landscape garden where natural
grasses were used to create a
prairie effect in a small space
enclosure.
A simple pottery arrangement
adjacent to an entry door for an
English garden. The dramatic
effect is achieved by using
contrasting color and foliage.
A xeriscape garden using various
hillside plantings with drip
irrigation. Planting included are
sages, ceanothus and other natives.
A Hawaiian tropical garden with
ti plants. bromeliads, palms
and other exotic tropicals. Color
is used to create contrast and
interest throughout the garden.
A garden path through a tropical garden
with varied height foliage, color and
texture to heighten the experience
to the adjacent stream
l a n d a r c h , i n c .
softscapes
Softscape is the most dominant element in the garden and the most varied. Planting types can range from tropical, mediterranean, xeriscape, native, desert, to many more. Planting styles
are also vast and unique, ranging from English perennial gardens to Pacific Asian. Depending on the intent of the garden, the surrounding environment and the built architectural setting these
styles are unique in how they are applied. Below is small sampling of work exhibiting the potential for softscape applications.
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