Ambience Garden Design

Landscape Architecture & Installation

C-27 Lic. #1003318  LA Lic #6251

 

Set the mood for your outdoor entertaining...

Ambience Garden Design
530 Lawrence Expwy #377
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

ph: (408) 990-6999

tina@gardendezine.com

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Tri-level Yard

The Kemp Residence was a challenging site. The backyard was very small, as you can see from the photos.  It had a 5' retaining wall in the back, below which the terrain sloped steeply, making it unusable.  What we were able to create, was a three level yard by creating another retaining wall. The second level added space for a private spa, fire-pit, and sitting area with beautiful plantings. At the lowest level, we created a natural space with a red fescue meadow and drought tolerant plantings.

  • Kemp Residence Entry
  • Welcoming Entry with Brick Columns
  • Cozy Sitting Area
  • Benches surround a firepit
  • Yellow Anigozanthos provide color & texture
  • Wall of Greenery
  • A small lawn with colorful perennial border
  • Mortarless retaining walls form three terrace levels
  • A flagstone path creates an informal walkway

plant palette

  • Acer palmatum
  • Anigozanthos 'Bush Dawn'
  • Anisodontea 'Tara's Pink'
  • Bacopa 'Snow White'
  • Betula pendula
  • Carpinteria californica
  • Dietes bicolor
  • Ficus pumila
  • Gaura lindheimeri
  • Hardenbergia violaceae
  • Hemerocallis spp.
  • Iberis sempervirens
  • Limonium perezii
  • Loropetalum chinesis
  • Nandina domestica 'Nana'
  • Pandorea jasminoides
  • Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
  • Pittosporum 'Wheeler's Dwarf'
  • Polystichum munitum
  • Rosa 'Iceberg' (Climber)
  • Rosmarinus prostratus
  • Trachelospermum jasminoides
  • Verbena 'Homestead Purple'

cOVID-19 Shelter in Place vIRTUAL mEETINGS

We offer a complimentary telephone consultation to find out if we can help you with your project.

To proceed with Landscape Designs, we offer Zoom Teleconference meetings.

To schedule your free telephone consultation, call us at (408) 990-6999 or email us at tina@gardendezine.com

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Ambience Garden Design
530 Lawrence Expwy #377
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

ph: (408) 990-6999

tina@gardendezine.com