a petite and peaceful gem

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post! My days have been filled with some exciting new opportunities and time just seems to be flying by! It’s nice to be back with you today…

Let me start off by saying how much I adore this first image…just perfect in every way…what a beautiful and unexpected collection of container plantings…living sculpture at its best…the variety of color, texture, form and scale works like magic in this lush outdoor setting…the talent behind this artful beauty? Landscape designer Scott Shrader…his California home is a tutorial on how to live with your surroundings…his home embraces everything I love about interior and exterior design, blending textures and palettes into one cohesive vision…a petite and peaceful gem…what a nice way to start the week

above and below ~ photos from Great Gardens in Small Spaces, California Havens published by Rizzoli

A 12 foot ficus hedge surrounds the perimeter of the property while the garden is partitioned with two eight-foot hedges, each with a broad opening to allow easy flow within the garden

Pairs of seventeenth-century French limestone fence posts mark the garden entrances

below ~ photos from Shrader Design

Nineteenth-century Guatemalan paving tiles cover the ground in the center garden

A water lily pool with a soapstone foundation serves as the base for a bronze statue of Icarus

To learn more about this remarkable talent and to see photos of the interior design, pick up the current issue of Veranda (September/October 2013)

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