Ho Landscape

design summary

The front entry is defined by a low deck with wood gate inset from the street with an adjacent pea gravel area with an ornamental tree. Along the entry deck, a 36” high steel planter allows some sightlines into the front yard while taller bamboo within it can maintain some privacy. It creates a “glimpse.” The entry deck continues toward another pea gravel area that creates a separation from the recessed courtyard at the basement level which is defined by steel panels. These panels continue along the front stair and porch to create a barrier between the porch and recessed courtyard. The entry deck connects to a secondary deck in front of the dining room where a Nanawall folding door system could allow the indoors to open to the outdoors. Terraced steps from this deck provides “stadium seating” to watch the activity in the front yard. A steel gate separates the pristine front yard from the crushed rock pathway along the side of the house where yard tools and bikes can be securely stored out of sight while the gate also functions as the perfect backstop for yard games. The side yard path is flanked with a planter strip that continues and steps down into the rear patio which is accessed from the deck and bridge from the back door. The bridge defines this patio as its own, defined space, and a steel planter provides a barrier to the covered porch area within the garage. A stair from the bridge leads to a deck that connects the sunken basement patio and also the turf play area at the rear of the house.

Materials include:

• Paths: Compacted Crushed Rock

• Planters and Gates: Hot-rolled Unfinished Steel

• Decking: Stained Cedar, Sealed Ipe (Ironwood), or Kebony

• Plants: Bamboo, Japanese Maple or Empress, Decorative Shrubs (not shown in rendering)

• Pavers: Concrete 24x24 from Mutual Materials

• Turf: Pregra Fescue (Costco in 15’ rolls)