Thursday
Apr082010
Spirit Level
Thu, 8 Apr 2010
I was following the links to our co-contributors on the Inside Out piece and found beautiful gardens designed by Spirit Level Designs, a Sydney based landscape firm of architects, designers, artists, horticulturists and stone masons. What wonderful lush spaces. I love the use of stone and the layering of textures and shapes. These are gardens you want to wander into, to become part of the landscape, to belong. I wish the images on their website were just a little larger so their lush green beauty would jump out of the screen a bit more. Still I have no trouble imagining myself brushing against the leaves by the path or hearing the soft tinkle of water features. Lovely.
Reader Comments (9)
It's all beautiful but I especially love the silver birches which are so prevalent here in Canberra
This is what heaven looks like.
Oh my goodness. I really want to go there and hang out for the day, roast marshmallows, and tell stories or something! Now I have something to dream about today! :)
This is very relaxing area, especially wooden terrace and beautiful narrow walks. I love It!
I guess that's the awesome part of staying in a place where the climate is wintery... you get to have an outdoor fire place! That looks so enchanting!!!
I have to find a way to move away from the tropical climate....(another problem is outdoor wood decks!)
I love everything about every one of these photographs. The only thing missing is my presence in them!
those images feel like a vacation. I love the one with the hills and the brick retaining wall and the pond. I'd kill to live there!
lindsey
I am in love with that fire-pit-pond combo... I wonder if something like that would be possible in Santa Fe?
Jesse: Why *wouldn't* it work in Santa Fe?!? You could always include a gazebo structure with grape vines or something over the pond -- and make it a little deeper for the koi to search out cooler waters. Then up they come at sunset... oh, it would so work in Santa Fe...