Verdant Design

Verdant Design has a separate blog for sustainable garden design called Verdant Thumb.  It shows the ongoing life and changes of our 3-year-old rain garden, sustainable practices, favorite plants, and situations we have encountered. It is more of a gardening perspective for those who would like ideas for a yard. We hope it is a help for you.

Lobelia cardinalis

The view from the office window of the rain garden has changed yet again. The drama of the red Cardinal Flower has given way to the seed capules for new plants next year. The rain barrel is also more apparent since the Black Eyed Susan plants were cut back. Summer is turning into Autumn and soon the plants will all be prepared for Winter.

A custom model is another avenue to produce a three-dimensional mock-up of a project.

The Smith Residence shows how a very steeply sloped back yard can become its greatest feature. Rain barrels capture the water for planting beds near the house. New terraces shaped like arcs create level ground. Places where erosion occured become a focal point as a dry creekstone bed.
This is a 3D view of the conceptual design.

A client needed a landcape inspection report in order to wrap up their project.  Photos from the final landscape can be seen below.  Click here for more on the project.