Master planning: Creating Timeless Landscapes

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We approach landscape design in a way that can create a timeless landscape, relevant today and for generations to come. Your landscape can nourish your soul and lift your spirit when your property’s potential has been beautifully maximized with practical harmony.

 In order to create a timeless landscape we exercise interactive design practices and principles of art. Think of your property as an art canvas on which a design is already started, but which requires skillful editing.

The four major parts of your master plan are:

Part one: The approach and arrival sequence. This is the part of your property that creates a welcome mat and announces who you are.

Part two: The Hub (your house):Your house is the center of activity and attention on your property. One of the goals of master planning is to seamlessly integrate your property with your house. Therefore, views from outside the house, as well as inside the house, are important. Your house and your property should relate to you, as the owner.

 Part Three: The perimeter consists of outdoor spaces closely related to openings(windows and doors) of your house. This area of your property provides beautiful, convenient, and functional areas for relaxing, dining, and entertaining.

 Part Four: Passages to destinations. The passages animate movement around your property and invite enjoyment of garden spaces removed from the house. The passages could include functional and aesthetic flow to special places on your property. Destinations are varied and may include kitchen gardens, sanctuaries, retreats, ornamental pools, sports fields, trails, etc.

Every garden has a quality that designers call genius loci; the spirit of place. This spirit of place becomes the inspiration that will guide you through count

less design decisions. When the design, art, functional, and aesthetic elements come together through the creative process, the genius loci will be dominant. As the project grows, visitors to your garden will grasp the spirit of place.

How can we help you create a timeless landscape?

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