This home was built on a lot with mature pine trees that were over 60 years old! The homeowners built the house and preserved the trees, one of them happened to line up with the front door. This presented us with a challenge on how to build a walkway from the street and from the driveway up to the front door. The clients wanted a formal but straight line contemporary look, so we designed the walkway as a square around the existing pine.
The stone used for the walkways and large driveway was Techo-Bloc’s man made Victorien, the colour – Chocolate Brown . The colour palette for the plantings on this project were bold greens, lime, white and a hint of lilac. Boxwoods contour the walkways, limelight hydrangea’s grace the gardens (these are a variety of hydrangea that are cone shaped with a lime hue), Palibin lilac trees stand high on stems and all white impatiens fill in the gardens under the trees.
Finding the balance between hardscape & landscape is an important factor when designing any outdoor space, we believe this was achieved. The landscape is the finishing touch of this Beauty in Baie d’Urfe!