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his front yard in Provincetown, Massachusetts mixes perennials, annuals, cutting flowers, and herbs. I'll take this over a lawn any day!
This kitchen garden looks a lot like one you would find in Colonial Williamsburg. It's so great that these people have dedicated such a large part of their patio space to it. Samuel H. Williamson Associates
I love the way the fence line mimics the rhythm of the garden beds here.by Arterra LLP Landscape Architects
what goes with Cor-Ten steel ? Chives
I spied this garden the other day when I was looking for bocce ball courts. I love the way the edible plants inhabit the space between the court and the walkway.by Huettl Landscape Architecture
Fresh herbs spill from planters lining a walkway. The variety of plants used in each one adds interest, though using a single plant would work just as well.by ModernBackyard
Here grasses lend a very different geometry, rounded mounds, as well as an unexpected silver-green color. Huettl Landscape Architecture used Festuca 'Elijah blue' in the foreground with Blue Oat Grass and Berkeley sedge beyond the gravel oval.Huettl Landscape Architecture
Here another strong line is created using grasslike sedges contained in planters. The shape of each clump of grass is a good contrast to all of those straight lines, yet they still add vertical elements that punctuate the wall.by Giulietti Schouten Architects
Another way to keep the wild shape of grasses in line is with planters. Here the planters and grasses are scaled so that they create a strong line and provide a screen that separates two outdoor rooms.Mark English Architects, AIA
I just picked this photo of Bunny Tail grasses mixed with Kangaroo Paw because I love the composition of the photographs. You can see the whole front yard in the next photo.
Planted at regular intervals, Mexican feather grasses provide some low amber waves of grain right next to the patio.
roses grass in cutout
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