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A Southwest style courtyard was designed for family and critters to enjoy an enclosed outdoor space. The 'elk mountain' flagstone path winds thru a cactus garden featuring a 'mancave macho mocha, 'old man cactus and euphorbia tirucali. The perennial garden has a 'caesalpinia pulcherrima', vitex purpurea', cuphea ignea. The sitting garden includes a Furcrea mediopicta (mexico), Leucophyllum frutescens silver leaf (Rio Bravo), and Grevillea'long john'
Sitting at the mesquite table one can enjoy the re-circulating boulder fountain which attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Brightly colored mexican tile enhances the barbecue. The fireplace with built-in light box has a private sitting area surrounded by an Aloe tree, acacia cultriformis and strelitzia juncea (South Africa)
Exterior - naznaz68

Mark Boisclair Photography
water body style - mvyasgohil

desert plants - baghorama

We embraced the Historic Lilian Rice architecture by developing an inner courtyard with succulents, a fountain, and an old Oak tree

California Pools & Landscape
This contempory backyard features a raised pool and spa is the eye cathing and beatuiful. A travertine walk way ties together the ramada with an outdoor kitchen, beautiful planters and landscaping and a fireplace seating area to make this a unique and sophiscated place one can call home.
Striking sculpture in the front entry court by Woods Davy - http://www.woodsdavy.com/Contact.html. Photo by Michael Woodall
Rock design - nagendraventures
5. SpotlightsMany spotlights and security lights make it harder to see because the light they emit is often aimed directly into your eyes, which might be good for catching burglars but not for anyone else. Instead, try directing spotlights at your home’s features, like brickwork, moulding and eaves. This will provide light that helps us feel secure without making our guests feel unwelcome. - manimaan_anand
This spectacular project was a two year effort, first begun by demoing over $400k of spec home madness and reducing it to rubble before rebuilding from the ground up.
Don't miss these amazing construction videos chronicling the before during and after effort from start to finish!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE8A17F8A7A281E5A
This project was for a repeat client that had worked with Bianchi before. Bianchi's first effort was to paint the broad strokes that would set the theme for the exterior layout of the property, including the pool, patios, outdoor "bistro", and surrounding garden areas. Then Bianchi introduced his specialized team of artisans to the client to implement the details. Contact Kirk to learn more!
The centerpiece of the backyard is a deck level vanishing edge pool flush in the foreground, strikingly simple and understatedly elegant in its first impression, though complex under the hood. The pool, built by Tyler Mathews of Natural Reflections Pools, seems to emerge from the ground as the deck terraces downward, exposing a wetted wall on the background. It is flanked by two mature ironwood trees anchored within stone planters on either side, that bookend the entire space. A singular monochromatic glass tile spa rises above the deck plane, shimmering in the sunlight, perfection wrought by Luke and Amy Denny of Alpentile, while three sets of three spillways send concentric ringlets across the mirrored plane of glassy water.
Bianchi's landscape star Morgan Holt of EarthArt worked his magic throughout the property with his exquisite selection of specimen trees and plant materials, and above all, his most challenging feat, crafted a Michaelangeloesque cascading stair, reminiscent of that at the Laurentian Library, levitating and flowing down over the front water feature like a bridal train.
This will be a project long enjoyed by the owners, and the team that created it.
Garden - harsha_nandi