La Petite Maison
When the owners moved from tree-shaded land atop Cooper Mountain to sunny Broadmoor, they came as eager garden novices. With help from landscape architect, Bruce Powers, they redesigned and reclaimed elements of the previous garden. Now in the second spring, their knowledge is flourishing like their garden.
They kept the front yard grassless, partly shaded with three mature maples next to an expanded front porch. Summer flowering plants: roses, Shasta daisies, pink and blue geraniums, Russian and lipstick sage, Gaura whirling butterflies, lavender and bright green shrubs offer color, texture and bee habitat.
New ceanothus Julia Phelps lilacs and yew trees form a western border screen as you walk into the back. Some will recognize the former owner's raised vegetable beds and blueberry bushes as well as the sweet garden house. But new plantings abound: a cluster of French lilacs and a ginko tree, a broad lawn whose straight edges reflect the new house addition.
They did their best to save plants, trees and shrubs last summer by heeling them in to the raised beds and transplanting after the house construction ended. Note the mature Stewartia beside the enlarged back patio. It was successfully transported from the front yard to the back by the foundation excavator. In the eastern border bed, a western redbud, blueberries and roses, hostas, daphne, daisies and verbena have all settled in.
Perimeter pathways allow outdoor movement year-round and wide, low windows create a sense of being in the garden, whether in the kitchen, living room, office or bedroom. The “petite maison a une belle vue sur le jardin.”
They kept the front yard grassless, partly shaded with three mature maples next to an expanded front porch. Summer flowering plants: roses, Shasta daisies, pink and blue geraniums, Russian and lipstick sage, Gaura whirling butterflies, lavender and bright green shrubs offer color, texture and bee habitat.
New ceanothus Julia Phelps lilacs and yew trees form a western border screen as you walk into the back. Some will recognize the former owner's raised vegetable beds and blueberry bushes as well as the sweet garden house. But new plantings abound: a cluster of French lilacs and a ginko tree, a broad lawn whose straight edges reflect the new house addition.
They did their best to save plants, trees and shrubs last summer by heeling them in to the raised beds and transplanting after the house construction ended. Note the mature Stewartia beside the enlarged back patio. It was successfully transported from the front yard to the back by the foundation excavator. In the eastern border bed, a western redbud, blueberries and roses, hostas, daphne, daisies and verbena have all settled in.
Perimeter pathways allow outdoor movement year-round and wide, low windows create a sense of being in the garden, whether in the kitchen, living room, office or bedroom. The “petite maison a une belle vue sur le jardin.”