Saturday, August 7, 2010

GreenArt Landscapes garden design Terenure including a new Driveway paved, patio and raised beds: co.Dublin









This garden created by GreenArt Landscapes was for a newly built house in Terenure. The clients wished to have a low maintenance back garden and a driveway and garden in the front. Also with a patio area to sit out as it received most sunshine in the front throughout the day and the garden in the rear was quite narrow. We chose  to create a rectilinear styled low maintenance garden to maximise the space with gravel and camel dust Indian sandstone stepping stones and raised sleeper beds in the rear garden. In the front we chose a curvilinear style using Tobermore Shannon heather colour brick for the driveway which complemented the house beautifully and a 3m camel dust sandstone patio surrounded by gravel. The planting in the beds included multi-stemmed birch, Japanese loqout and a mixture of cottage perennials and heathers for seasonal interest. The design and implementation complements the house beautifully.
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Location: Terenure, Co. Dublin, Ireland

2 comments:

  1. I'm sorry but I find this difficult to understand. Your designs seem to be grey, rather than green, gravel rather than plants.

    I know it's a never ending debate - what is a garden? . . . but, to me, these photos may show very clean and useful spaces . . . but, to me, they aren't gardens - for plants seem to have been relegated to the edges.

    I'm not meaning to offend but . . . perhaps if you didn't present this as 'green art', one wouldn't be tempted to point out . . . that it isn't!

    Esther Montgomery

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  2. Thanks for your interesting comments Esther. Of course as with any creative workings,the viewings are subjective. My designs as in this case were aimed at the needs and wants of the clients.
    In this case a driveway and patio area in the front garden. And in the rear garden raised beds in a narrow space. The use of gravels are low maintenace as to the clients needs, an elderly client with little time and physical energy for tending to a lawn area and lush herbaceous borders.
    Gardens take many shape and forms as in the Japanese gardens which use form,texture and use of plants and materials such as gravels as opposed to a green lawn,though also they may have mossed green areas too, though not suitable for every garden. My company 'GreenArt' Landscapes title is a refernece to a landscape style called 'LandArt' developed in the 1970's developed in America which was influenced by the shaping of the land to ceate artistic forms in the landscape which influence my creative style.
    Regards
    Karl Carolan GreenArt Landscapes

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