Flowers for the street, a deck and water under the sky

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Flowers for the street, a deck and water under the sky

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Location
Minato, Tokyo
Type
Garden, wood deck & water
Category
Gardens / Wood decks / Ponds & water

The owners asked us to brighten the long, narrow strip facing the street. Their stone house is stately, and from the street it can look severe, so we planted trees with light foliage and layered seasonal flowers along it. Upstairs, in a space open to the sky, we laid an ipe deck and rebuilt a water feature where fish had not survived.

Slender trees along the side of the house mark the turning of the seasons.
Slender trees along the side of the house mark the turning of the seasons.
Green layered up to the terrace on the upper floor.
Green layered up to the terrace on the upper floor.
Before the gate, an aohada (Ilex macropoda): white flowers in early summer, red berries in autumn, then yellow leaves. Hostas and variegated star jasmine at its foot.
Before the gate, an aohada (Ilex macropoda): white flowers in early summer, red berries in autumn, then yellow leaves. Hostas and variegated star jasmine at its foot.
Flowers for the street, a deck and water under the sky, photo
Red and yellow climbing roses and pink kalmia bring color to the stone in spring.
Red and yellow climbing roses and pink kalmia bring color to the stone in spring.
Along the wall, seasonal flowers in warm colors.
Along the wall, seasonal flowers in warm colors.
The tiled floor upstairs held the summer heat and was too hot for bare feet. The owners wanted somewhere their children could play barefoot, so we laid a deck of ipe, a wood used on harbor quays that lasts for decades even by the water.
The tiled floor upstairs held the summer heat and was too hot for bare feet. The owners wanted somewhere their children could play barefoot, so we laid a deck of ipe, a wood used on harbor quays that lasts for decades even by the water.
Enclosed by white walls and open to the sky: a living room in the open air.
Enclosed by white walls and open to the sky: a living room in the open air.
The fish here kept dying. We found the earlier pond had been built without leaching the alkali from the concrete, so we installed a fountain with a filtration system, and beside it a waterfall of stacked stone.
The fish here kept dying. We found the earlier pond had been built without leaching the alkali from the concrete, so we installed a fountain with a filtration system, and beside it a waterfall of stacked stone.
A stone planter of cool-looking evergreens.
Low chairs and a barbecue grill beneath a parasol.

LeftA stone planter of cool-looking evergreens.

RightLow chairs and a barbecue grill beneath a parasol.

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