Installation (done by a very hard working crew...):
After Photos:
All photographs in this post are credited to Laurel Stanford. Check out more of her brilliant photography at Precious Memories - Photography by Laurel Gales Stanford.
Showing posts with label Front yard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Front yard. Show all posts
Monday, March 14, 2011
Carlsbad Home: Installation & After Photos
As promised, here are some photos from our latest residential landscape installation in Carlsbad. For before photos, check the previous post.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Carlsbad Home - Before Photos
This weekend Aeonium Design Studio finished up another residence. This one in Rancho Carlsbad - a community of manufactured homes just East of the Carlsbad Flower Fields. ADS is working on the entryway to this community for the HOA, and as new owners come in, will be helping them to redo their landscaping according to their HOA guidelines.
Our first yard, a demonstration house for the community, went in this past Sunday:
Our first yard, a demonstration house for the community, went in this past Sunday:
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| Front Yard - Before |
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| Side Driveway Planting - Before |
A note about the property. Rancho Carlsbad started out as a trailer park some years ago. About 30 years ago the community members started buying the homes AND the land. Now when many people move into the community they pull out the existing structure and rebuild.
The community itself is gorgeous. Its a dedicated senior community, built with Mission style architecture and planting. Two creeks run through the property, a large clubhouse sits on a lake in the center of the community, and they boast a large community garden, resort style pool and recreation area, and a heavily planted environment.
Photos from the installation, as well as photos of the completed front yard will be up shortly!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Mudscaping
Once again, its been a while, and once again there are some more pokers on the fire here at Aeonium Design Studio. Azlynn took the month of October off - and toured Scotland and England with her best friend, but since she's been back the nose has definitely been on the grindstone. To be honest I can't help but think that if I stopped going on vacation all of the time I may be able to turn this into a viable business!
Right now at Aeonium, there are three active projects (2 in Carlsbad in design development, and 1 in Redondo Beach undergoing installation), and a couple more lined up to continue after the first of the year.
The residence in Redondo Beach is being installed by yours truly and the homeowner (lets face it, this is at times a low budget operation) and we've certainly been getting our hands dirty. We started 2 weekends ago in unseasonably warm weather, and were able to clear the property (a small yard attached to a condo complex) and finalize the design and purchase plants. This past weekend we continued to prepare the ground and plant despite the buckets of rain and whipping winds that came into LA. At the moment the project has been sidelined due the fact that its difficult to install paving when your a sliding around on mud, and while you dig holes they immediately fill with sludge. We've dubbed it mudscaping - and I wish I had some photos - but to be honest I didn't want to get my camera too muddy. I left on Sunday after watching this beautifully leveled yard turn into a flood zone, and a ceanothus nearly ripped in half/pygmy date palms bending at 90 degree angles, and fountain grass flattening itself all due to the wind. I'm hoping all of the plants survive the wind and the flooding!
Here are some before photos of the Redondo Beach residence - after photos to come in a couple of weeks!
Right now at Aeonium, there are three active projects (2 in Carlsbad in design development, and 1 in Redondo Beach undergoing installation), and a couple more lined up to continue after the first of the year.
The residence in Redondo Beach is being installed by yours truly and the homeowner (lets face it, this is at times a low budget operation) and we've certainly been getting our hands dirty. We started 2 weekends ago in unseasonably warm weather, and were able to clear the property (a small yard attached to a condo complex) and finalize the design and purchase plants. This past weekend we continued to prepare the ground and plant despite the buckets of rain and whipping winds that came into LA. At the moment the project has been sidelined due the fact that its difficult to install paving when your a sliding around on mud, and while you dig holes they immediately fill with sludge. We've dubbed it mudscaping - and I wish I had some photos - but to be honest I didn't want to get my camera too muddy. I left on Sunday after watching this beautifully leveled yard turn into a flood zone, and a ceanothus nearly ripped in half/pygmy date palms bending at 90 degree angles, and fountain grass flattening itself all due to the wind. I'm hoping all of the plants survive the wind and the flooding!
Here are some before photos of the Redondo Beach residence - after photos to come in a couple of weeks!
Happy Holidays to you all, I'm sure I'll have more updates for you on this residence and other projects soon after the holidays!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Fences and Plans
Life has been busy for me on the personal front the last month, so I've been neglecting updates, blogging, and the like.
Aeonium has a couple of pokers in the fire right now, and today I felt like spotlighting one - Jason and Julia's house. Jason is a friend of mine from Cal Poly and he and his fiancee Julia have recently purchased a house here in San Diego. I'm helping with the landscape design, and Jason (an architect himself) is overseeing, and to be honest, doing, the installation. There really is no backyard space on the property due to the siting of the house, so we are creating a back yard in the front yard. We are going for more of the outdoor living room feel. There will be a wrap around deck with cutouts for in ground planters, a flagstone living room area, a vegetable garden, and a plant palette heavy on California natives, and some drip irrigation to keep it all alive.
Its been great fun working with the pair of them, and the yard is starting to take shape. They are documenting it here at: http://thecactusrecoveryproject.blogspot.com/ The fence went in recently, the deck is next on the docket. We are all pleased with how things are shaping up right now, and I'm excited to see this continue to move forward!
Aeonium has a couple of pokers in the fire right now, and today I felt like spotlighting one - Jason and Julia's house. Jason is a friend of mine from Cal Poly and he and his fiancee Julia have recently purchased a house here in San Diego. I'm helping with the landscape design, and Jason (an architect himself) is overseeing, and to be honest, doing, the installation. There really is no backyard space on the property due to the siting of the house, so we are creating a back yard in the front yard. We are going for more of the outdoor living room feel. There will be a wrap around deck with cutouts for in ground planters, a flagstone living room area, a vegetable garden, and a plant palette heavy on California natives, and some drip irrigation to keep it all alive.
Its been great fun working with the pair of them, and the yard is starting to take shape. They are documenting it here at: http://thecactusrecoveryproject.blogspot.com/ The fence went in recently, the deck is next on the docket. We are all pleased with how things are shaping up right now, and I'm excited to see this continue to move forward!
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