13 New Landscape Design Ideas to Steal in 2015 - Gardenista
Good garden design can change your life–and remove boundaries between indoors and out to increase living space. Photograph courtesy of Martin Veltkamp. Monochromatic and minimalist a black palette is a dramatic foil for green plants the silvery wood of weathered... ...furniture and gray gravel Add black pots and planters see our favorites at 10 Easy Pieces Little Black Planters Photograph courtesy of Chris Moss. Add black accessories: paint handles black to make tools display worthy. For more ideas, see Designer Visit: The Black and Green London Garden of Chris Moss. Photograph courtesy of Elizabeth Roberts. Think like an architect and incorporate the garden into living space to increase your home s livable square footage Brooklyn based architect Elizabeth Roberts... ...replaced a back wall of a townhouse in Fort Greene Brooklyn with a window wall Above to erase the boundaries between indoors and out A wall fountain at the Hotel Nord-Pinus in Tanger. We rounded up 10 of our favorites (wall fountains included) in Ultimate Luxury: 10 Favorite Fountains and Garden Water Features. Fastigiate hornbeam trees are pruned to create garden walls in a London garden by Luciano Giubbilei Plant fastigiate trees which... ...grow from a single trunk in a narrow upright direction in small gardens or to solve a landscape design problem Ceramic Nautley Jingle Bells available in three colors are 178 apiece at Anthropologie New York based artist Michele Quan created her version of... ...jingle bells Above after a visit to a Shinto shrine where visitors ring clusters of bells to announce their presence to the spirits The fire pit at The Capri Lounge in Marfa, Texas designed by Christine Ten Eyck. A fire feature turns a garden into a gathering place. Photograph by Terrence Moore. A portable garden is a perfect solution for renters who don t want to invest a lot of money into hardscaping... ...And read about a portable Berlin community garden that moves indoors every winter at A Movable Feast Berlin s Community Garden A simple but elegant decorative element: Architect Barbara Chambers capped fence posts in copper. No longer an afterthought plucked from a hardware store aisle house numbers set a tone And hand chiseled stone... ...house numbers Above made of marble granite limestone or onyx lend a formal air of permanence to a facade Photograph courtesy of Tom Givone. A simple and stylish outdoor shower at A Floating Farmhouse in Upstate New York. Janet looks at the pros and cons in Hardscaping 101: Outdoor Showers. For more of our favorites, see Fence Fashion: 11 Ways to Add Curb Appeal with Horizontal Stripes. Photograph by Mimi Giboin for Gardenista. The Hex Doormat from Commune Design is $60 from Lulu and Georgia. After she read about it on Remodelista, actress Julianne Moore bought a Hex Doormat (Above) designed by LA studio Commune. From Australia-based Stormtech, a threshold drain works with the natural pitch of a landscape.. Embrace the beauty in the everyday details. Mill Valley, CA-based architect Barbara Chambers installed artificial turf in her own garden a few months ago. It will stay the same color and in the same condition as the day you lay it if you care for it properly. Photograph by Liesa Johannssen.