Category Archives: weekly garden profiles

weekly garden profile > long island

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For those of us enjoying the 30 degrees weather that is currently nestling itself around our necks, take a refreshing look at this summer escape. The brief to Madderlake Designs for this Long Island Pool was for a lap pool for the adults, a wading area for the grandchildren and for the whole feature to [...]
Written by Jen @ Eco Outdoor. Posted on January 25, 2011. Filed under beach houses, garden design, landscape designers, pool design, timber decking, weekly garden profiles. Tagged , , , . No comments.

the indoor vertical garden

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Another great garden profile from Dwell Magazine > Botanist Patrick Blanc has been bringing the wilds of the rainforests to Parisian walls for over 30 years, most recently at the Jean Nouvel–designed Quai Branly museum. One lucky family, however, doesn’t have to go any farther than their living room to take in the wonders of [...]
Written by Jen @ Eco Outdoor. Posted on January 11, 2011. Filed under garden design, sustainable greenery, vertical garden, weekly garden profiles. Tagged , , , , . 1 Comment.

weekly garden profile / a cute little cottage garden

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Although hardscaping is our thing, it’s hard not to appreciate a little outside beauty even with the absence of the granite or bluestone paver which we like so much. This little cottage style cutie comes to us from our friends over at Desire to Inspire [which is a good design time sucker if you're looking [...]
Written by Jen @ Eco Outdoor. Posted on July 12, 2010. Filed under garden design, weekly garden profiles. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.

weekly garden profile / modular garden

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A cute courtyard garden with a limestone patio,  hardwood deck and framed japanese maple Seating in this small courtyard garden is provided by a bespoke built-in bench, with an architectural backdrop of bamboo to screen the surrounding walls. The courtyard also features pale limestone paving in combination with bespoke benches and hardwood decking, which continues [...]
Written by Jen @ Eco Outdoor. Posted on March 5, 2010. Filed under garden design, weekly garden profiles. 1 Comment.

weekly garden profile / studio ‘g’

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“I knew of Patrick Blanc’s work far before I knew of him.  I had happened across a few of his installations during various travels.  Every time, I was stopped in my tracks in recognition of something truly amazing.  His vertical garden walls get me every time. Many are in France, but his work spans the [...]
Written by Jen @ Eco Outdoor. Posted on February 15, 2010. Filed under garden design, vertical garden, weekly garden profiles. Tagged , . No comments.