Designing a Garden in Austin

Making a space that works with the local climate

Garden interior designer Sarah Yant shared these epitome of a garden that her company worked on in Austin , Texas .

When the untested owners undertook a all over remodel of their home in Barton Creek , they predict on Eden Garden Design to update the exterior spaces . After the exterior brick received a coat of clean paint and a new front door and windows , it was time to call the entry to the nursing home with a makeover of the subsist courtyard .

We created entry and court areas with nods to both the Mediterranean and the Hill Country in its impulsive industrial plant palette : fragrant rosemary , lavender , and riotous rosiness intermingle with drought - tolerant beaked yucca(Yuccarostrata , Zones 6–10 ) and cyclist ’s sotol(Dasylirion wheeleri , Zones 6–10 ) .

‘ Pink Parade ’ red yucca ( Hesperaloe‘Pink Parade ’ , Zones 6–10 ) .

Closely sheared creeping fig vine(Ficus pumila , Zones 7–10 ) covers the court column and one rampart of the home plate . urine - saving drip irrigation is utilized throughout .

A woodlet of Texas redbud(Cerciscanadensisvar.texensis , Zones 6–9 ) trees define the entry and compose the home . conduce landscape lighting highlights the woodlet , put up nighttime play and pilotage .

We design a custom - cut lueders ( a kind of limestone ) pathway to render a modern entering experience to the home . graceful pea plant crushed rock besiege the stepping - stones and serves as mulch throughout the garden .

A custom blade arbor , covered with fragrant star jasmine vines(Trachelospermum jasminoides , Zones 8–10 ) , provides an easy and casual dining domain .

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