Urban Oasis
2014 Landscape Award: Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association
This project is the finishing touch of a home renovation that included a new front porch and conversion of a three-season backyard porch into an all-season dining room. The landscape design features a stone plinth that wraps around the home’s Ipe wood stoop and provides circulation flexibility from any door out to the backyard. A bluestone walkway extends to a new patio, creating a cozy sitting area. A monolithic bluestone bench repeats the scale of the plinth, provides overflow seating, and is a useful catch-all when grilling or gardening. Special features include:
- A new arbor creates an intimate patio
- Backyard pergola and lush plantings
- Bluestone plinth, bench and walkway
photo credit: Silverman
