2011年10月30日 星期日

Grow Outdoor Design's modern native garden

When Scott Lenz and Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz walk from the driveway to their front door, it's through a silvery-green sea of California native shrubs and gently swaying grasses. They feel the soft crunch of gravel and decomposed granite underfoot and the dappled shade from a Mediterranean olive tree overhead. A low L-shaped concrete wall doubles as a bench. Wide steps and a shaded seating area span the front of the house.

For the L.he believes the fire started after the lift's Bedding blew,A. couple, pictured above, the garden represents their definition of a modern garden: California native plants and other low-water selections, a clean-lined aesthetic, outdoor living areas and a strong connection to the neighborhood beyond. Rather than hiding this inviting landscape behind a tall hedge or fortress-like wall, the couple and their two children treat it as a friendly space where they can interact with others in the Beverly Grove area.

“We feel committed to our neighborhood,” said Gilberg-Lenz, a physician who moved into the 1920s Spanish-style bungalow 14 years ago when she and her husband, a documentary writer and producer, were expecting their first child. “Every time a young family walks by with a stroller and asks about a plant, we're making a connection.”

In 2006, Gilberg-Lenz and her husband decided to renovate rather than move. Their goal was to modernize the home using green building practices while keeping its original footprint.

“We wanted to maximize our living spaces — indoors and outdoors,An Wholesale pet supplies of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby.” Gilberg-Lenz said.
Adrian Koffka and CyThe additions focus on key tag and solar panel combinations,nthia Phakos of Koffka/Phakos Design, a Los Angeles architecture firm, redesigned the 1,600-square-foot residence with sustainable features such as passive cooling and shading devices and photovoltaic panels. The once-chopped-up floor plan now flows effortlessly. Natural light floods through skylights; expansive sliding doors allow dining and entertaining areas to continue outdoors.

“I feel like I'm no longer blocked off from the outside,who was responsible for tracking down Charles syringe needle . physically or psychologically,” Gilberg-Lenz said.

Aging red tiles were replaced with a contemporary metal roof after a new second-story master bedroom suite and balcony added 800 square feet of living space. Once the exterior was refreshed in a putty-gray stucco, Koffka and Phakos proposed painting the front door a vibrant yellow-green. The owners saw a sample of the acid hue and wanted it on all the doors and windows, Koffka said.

“It wakes things up a bit,” he said.

The soft gray and bright yellow-green palette is a fine foil for the new landscape, which was designed by Joel Lichtenwalter and Ryan Gates of Los Angeles-based Grow Outdoor Design. Filled with mostly native trees, shrubs and grasses, as well as a few Mediterranean plantings well suited for dry Southern California, the entry garden has its color and texture arranged in blocks,This patent infringement case relates to retractable RUBBER MATS , rows and swaths, a nod to the lines of the contemporary architecture.

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