poolside on the prairie

inviting you to enjoy the sun while offering comfort + connection atop a hillside enclave

completed: 2017

budget range: $10,000 – 25,000

design scope: large

continuity: Wildflower Center membership

canopy: Big-tooth maple, Anacacho bauhinia, Lacey oak, Cedar elm

understory: Texas persimmon, Will fleming yaupon

cactus: Red yucca

sunny perennials + shrubs: Woolly stemodia

shady perennials + creek: Dwarf palmetto

bunch grasses: Gulf muhly, Big muhly

site components: decking, dry creek, landform, loungers, steel terrace, shot sugi ban vertical panel

vegetated surface(s): hardwood mulch, sideoats grama seeded patch, zoysia

surface water flow: river gravel or honeycomb boulders, coarse limestone gravel, flag stones

functional surface(s): garapa, finely crushed limestone gravel, steel components, shou sugi ban treated wood

watershed: walnut creek

location: sendero hills

ecological condition(s):prairie pocket

layers of landscape