Mid-Century Front Landscape - Evansville, IN

Our client saw our work online, and chose us after not finding any Indiana landscape companies that understood mid-century design. She wanted the landscape to be part of the total makeover she was giving her home. Like most of our virtual projects, she did the site measuring and photos for us. For the overall design theme , we used the dramatic roofline as inspiration for the geometry of the new landscape.

Specifically, she tasked us with figuring out a way to guide visitors to the front door which was hidden within the carport. Our solution was to create a path of inlaid concrete (or stone) steppers along the edge of the new driveway. To make them visually stand out from the rest of the drive, there are cut-outs around each stepper filled with dry laid beach pebbles. Another element within the design is the "zen" gravel garden in front of the massive chimney, which is the other dominant feature on the home. This slate chip filled bed is repeated out by the edge of street.

The plant beds are angled to match the roofline of the home, even for the smaller beds away from the home. The new plants are mostly laid out in straight or angled groups to accentuate the architectural lines on the home. Within those beds are a mixture of evergreens, flowering shrubs and long blooming perennials. Slate chip mulch is repeated under the homes large roof overhangs. Additional steppers form a path down the side of the home to the porch door.