Millar Residence

GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS

Front Yard Landscape (design/built)

	new parking pad with walkway
	kept existing veranda with addition of new railings & steps
	maintained cottage vernacular of house & veranda
	created parking pad, walkway & garden within limited space
	relocated steps to the veranda to accommodate a parked vehicle & provide a pleasant entrance to the house
	new planting
	introduced low voltage lighting for night-time effect

A GARDEN TOUR

We achieved an efficient use of the parking pad and incorporated this into the landscape design.
Florence tumbled unit pavers were selected as a permeable pavement treatment for the parking pad as required by the city.
The unit pavers of the parking pad transition to a random flagstone walkway. The meandering, less formal lines of the walkway creates a casual, natural flow further emphasized by the irregular line of the large-boulder planter walls.
The use of the random flagstone, large boulders & planting bed, softens the hard edges of the streetscape and allowed us to incorporate a variety of forms & textures into this design. The boulder wall brings another level to the garden; the green space is emphasized as the elevated planter brings it up to the level of the porch. This elevation creates a natural buffer from the veranda to the street & driveway. The large boulders also function as ledges for annual displays.
Introduction of the limestone slab steps between the veranda and the flagstone walkway contribute to the natural flow of this landscape. The addition of a traditional picket railing to the existing veranda reclaims the older period of the house.
Planting beds frame the front yard, providing a soft transition between the veranda and the parking pad. This front yard demonstrates that the essential inner-city function of front yard parking in a small front yard can still look beautiful.