LOOKING FOR ADVICE: The property owners approached Owen Landscape Architect to help them site a swimming pool and cabana on their property located near Ravenna.
Perched high on the Escarpment with sweeping views of Georgian Bay, this expansive 100’ x 25’ deck offered multiple outdoor living zones – spa and sauna, lounging, dining, and a fire bowl seating area – but lacked definition, reading as one long open space.
The trend in today’s landscaping is for outdoor spaces to have all the amenities you find inside the home: full-blown kitchens complete with pizza ovens,
Design elements align across the full width of the property. The raised fully tiled pool is a gleaming gem within the space! “Before” – Scroll ahead
Once the homeowners wishes have been conveyed, and the site inventory done – the design “envisioning” can begin. Such as is the case with this
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This corner lot property is in a leafy neighborhood in the west end of Toronto nestled next to the Humber River south of Bloor Street.
Located in a private enclave of executive homes between Governors Road and the Brick Works. Note: the lots are not deep so the homes opposite
“Low maintenance” and “extending the seasons” are the main themes for this outdoor living space in a small yard in the area tucked between Rosedale
I’ve prepared many, many landscape plans for clients over the years, but (oddly enough) – not with detailed plantings. For me, of all the various
A garden cannot exist on plants alone; even in nature there are anchoring elements: rock outcroppings…..a creek bed. Having a “framework” is essential – the
LORA BAY THE ART OF OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE DESIGN Owen Landscape Architect took an existing generic backyard landscape and utterly transformed it into an amazing