Comprising a Life | The Bonsai, Travels and Haiku of Vaughn Banting

A front lawn make-over

This client wanted to use her front yard not mow it and she wanted to have some privacy as well. A solid wooden fence was out of the question because she had a corner lot and it would obstruct the view. I settled on an open living fence.

Weiss garden before

Corner view before planting

With beds created, prepared and mulched

Same view with living fence installed

Flowers on Crataegus marshallii (Parsley Hawthorn)

View of planted front left side

Closer up

Lower front right corner; Chinese lilies before blooming

White Chinese lilies in flower

Bench soon to be hidden behind living fence

Front right side bed

Stepping stones to get among the flowers

Flowering cherry in center

Garden finished and lit with lights

This was a garden restoration project

The client had recently purchased the house and found it too over grown for her liking. She also wanted a water element in the garden.

Coy garden; before renovation

An early construction photograph

Finished brick work

Flower beds planted

Rear garden as it looked before we started

Prepparing raised area for sugar kettle and cascade

Setting up the plumbing for the cascade

Making the cascade

Brickmason creating the cascade

Finished cascade and fountain

Breaking up the view

New view from inside house

Garden district renovated garden

This was a house right in the middle of the Garden District of New Orleans whose grounds had been neglected for many years. When my client purchased the property, I decided to save and relocate what plant materials I could but because the amount of overgrown escaped saplings I pretty much had to start from scratch.