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BUILDING A NEW HOUSE THIS YEAR? PLANNING AND BUDGETING FOR OUTDOOR AREAS
Are you contemplating new construction this year? One of the most significant and eye-catching details of your new home is the landscaping. After all the hard work is complete, this will be the first thing people see of your new home. Let's take that landscaping...
LANDSCAPE DESIGN IDEAS
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Back Yard Landscape Design – Eileen G Designs
This project entailed creating a shade garden outside a large picture window, creating shade from the hot afternoon sun as well as a beautiful garden to enjoy while dining. Colorful tropical plants were used as well as adding a gravel path through it. ...
Low Maintenance Landscape Design for Busy Professional
I'm a busy professional and was really interested in having a low maintenance, yet beautiful yard. I didn't know exactly how to go about it but after the initial meeting with Eileen, we decided on a budget and appropriate plant material, and Eileen prepared a...
Small Front Yard Landscape Design
Small front yards can be challenging to landscape because it is easy to overplant when plant material/trees are small. What you end up looking at within a couple of years are palm tree trunks and plant material that has been hedged beyond recognition in an attempt to...
TROPICAL LANDSCAPING AND PAVER DECK FOR SMALL POOL AREA
This small back yard design featured a new paver brick pool deck and low maintenance tropical landscaping that is colorful and that won't need to be overly pruned and hedged to keep looking good. Additional thought was given to adding fragrance and to making sure that...
LANDSCAPE DESIGN IDEAS
The following photos are of Eileen G Designs recent projects that showcase everything from a summer kitchen add-on to front and back yard renovations.
Expert Tips on Tropical Landscape Design
See our interview, Expert Tips on Tropical Landscape Design on Florida Homes, a leading site for Palm City, FL homes for sale, Florida real estate, Connecticut real estate, Rhode Island homes for...
Asian Garden for Jupiter, Florida by Eileen G Designs
This small backyard was transformed using an Asian/Japanese Garden theme. Particular care was paid to hardscape choices and selecting plant material that will thrive in our hot, humid south Florida climate. Also, the clients wanted a lower maintenance garden and not...
Summer Gardening in South Florida
As a landscape designer, I try to learn as much as I can about the place I'm going to be gardening. After 25 years of living and gardening in south FLorida, you'd think I'd know a thing or two about southern gardening. I came to South Florida thinking it would be a...
Zen Gardens: Serene Outdoor Spaces
Considered by many as the epitome of minimalist design, Japanese Zen gardens were first created in medieval Japan to help Zen Buddhists invoke deep meditation by carefully raking gravel and strategically placing rocks to evoke serenity and beauty. The raked gravel...
Palm City Landscape Design
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Tropical Landscaping / Entry Renovation in Jupiter
Project Challenges: This home needed enhanced curb appeal. The main issues were that the existing landscaping was old, mature palm trees were obscuring the front door and others were planted too close to the house. The front door was further obscured by half walls....
FLORIDA FLOWERING TREES
Ways to use low height flowering trees in your landscape: as a focal point near the entry at the corner of the house as a large accent to anchor a garden bed that needs some height several grouped close together as a small "stand" of trees on one side of the yard to...