CLEAN DESIGN: LINE, TEXTURE, FORM, COLOR

See why I chose to stay with my hosts last week in Birmingham? Could a hotel compare? This is the view as I drove into their driveway.
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What is the view pulling into your driveway? In a subdivision.
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Houses are everywhere here. Below, I'm standing in the garage shooting the same border + lawn.

View, below, from the neighborhood sidewalk.

Design elements are met, below.

Trees contrast form: cone & oval, canopy & understory. Clean line of turf: dramatic frisson turf + bed. Colors: contrasting shades of green + flowers. Textures: large leaves next to small leaves. Contrasts: calm of turf + energy of plantings

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It's no surprise professional photographer, Joe De Sciose, designed this landscape. Color, line, form, texture are all components of his day job. Joe & his wife Gail planted, and maintain their own landscape.

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Their joy is evident.

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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara