Woven lounge chair
Solid wood frame, hand-woven back, linen cushions. Seats that face the horizon and read as architecture, not decoration.
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Planting strategy
A New Perennial palette: structure first, flower second, wildlife always. Matrices repeat so the garden reads as one field, not a nursery bed.
42Species
68%Native
4Trees
12Months
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A year in the garden
Same place, three readings of light and growth — from spring flush through late autumn structure. Drag the year, or pick a season and the garden travels to it.
Mar — May
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Spring
Fresh green & first bloom
New leaves on the multi-stems, lavender waking, grasses still short. The path reads bright against soft growth; pollinators start to arrive.
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Early autumn
Peak texture & golden hour
Grasses tall and backlit, lavender in full pulse, butterflies in the meadow. The outdoor room is at its best — shade under the overhang, glow in the field.
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Late autumn
Structure & seed heads
Color softens to straw and bronze. Seed heads hold the skyline; the gravel path stays clear. What remains standing is the garden’s winter architecture.
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Guests that inhabit
Fauna and flora identified from the living meadow — the guests that prove a naturalistic garden is working.
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Nymphalidae
Monarch & kin
Danaus plexippus · genus Danaus
Large orange butterflies with black veins and dark margins dotted white — monarchs or close relatives, drawn to nectar plants at golden hour.
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Pieridae
White butterflies
Cabbage whites & meadow pierids
Small white fliers along the meadow edge. Common pierids — sparks in the backlight that prove the planting is open, not sealed.
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Trochilidae
Hummingbirds
Calypte anna · Anna’s hummingbird
Tiny high-frequency fliers that patrol salvias and vervain spikes — territorial flashes of iridescence that confirm nectar architecture is working.
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Verbenaceae
Purpletop vervain
Verbena bonariensis
Tall, rigid stems crowned with violet clusters — one of the most butterfly-loved plants in a naturalistic meadow, and unmistakable in silhouette.
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Poaceae
Feather grass
Stipa tenuissima & kin
Fine golden spikes that catch low western light — movement and backlight across the whole garden field.
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Lamiaceae
Salvias & allies
Salvia and related mints
Compact textured masses with floral spikes that flank the gravel path — structure, nectar and edge definition in one family.
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Lamiaceae
Hummingbird mint
Agastache spp.
Upright aromatic spikes in violet and peach — a nectar tower for Trochilidae, and the plant that makes the meadow smell warm at dusk.
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Asteraceae
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Daisy discs with a dark cone — summer anchors in the meadow that hold seedheads into winter and keep the field readable after bloom.
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Asteraceae
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Flat umbels in soft ivory and terracotta — a low pollinator carpet that knits grasses and taller forbs into one continuous meadow skin.
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Onagraceae
Wandflower
Oenothera lindheimeri · Gaura
Airy white-pink wands that drift above the gravel path — movement without mass, and a light counterpoint to rigid verbena stems.
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FF&E
The terrace is the dining room of the garden. Soft seating, a low table, and pieces that disappear into the light instead of fighting the planting.
Cushions & textiles
Outdoor linen in sand, bone and clay — matte weaves that hold golden hour instead of reflecting it.
Lounge sectional
Low modular sofa under the cantilever — shade all afternoon, warm glass behind, meadow in front.
Table & poufs
One low wood table, soft poufs — enough for evening drinks without crowding the furniture clearance.
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Hardscape
Few materials, honest junctions. The architecture already spoke in concrete — the garden answers in gravel and low walls.
Water · Hardscape
Circular stone fountain
A low, wide basin in architectural concrete — one central jet, concentric ripples, planted tight at the rim so the meadow owns the edge.
- FormCircular basin · flat rim
- MaterialSmooth architectural concrete
- WaterSingle central jet · quiet plume
- EdgeSalvia / lavender buffer
- RoleFocal pause on the path
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Lighting
Night is designed, not added. Soft path marks, warm spill from the house, and a meadow that is allowed to fade.
Path · Lighting
Path luminaires
Low spike markers along the gravel ribbon — shielded tops, warm downlight, enough to walk without bleaching the meadow.
- FixturePath luminaires
- TypeSpike / bollard · flat cap
- FinishMatte black
- BeamShielded downlight
- PlaceGravel edge · plant pockets
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Naturalistic Garden does not decorate the house. It teaches the house how to arrive — through grass, light and a path that knows where to stop.
General notes and scope of the document
This set represents a preliminary landscape design proposal for spatial, planting and aesthetic review. It does not constitute construction documents, irrigation engineering or a permit set. Species, quantities and levels are subject to revision after survey and soil tests. Intended for client review and feedback.