Through a stone gateway, into a strolling garden

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Through a stone gateway, into a strolling garden

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Location
Kamagaya, Chiba
Type
Exterior, garden & carport
Category
Exteriors / Gardens / Ponds & water / Carports & garages

The owners wanted the gate to feel like arriving at a tropical resort hotel: solid and substantial. For the garden beyond it, they wanted the brightness of the resort itself. On one property in Kamagaya, we built the gate, walls and garage, a garden of winding paths, and parking for eight cars, from the groundwork to the planting.

The walls are reinforced concrete faced with natural stone, laid in thick, slightly offset courses that cast deep shadows. A tiled roof gives the gate its dignity.
The walls are reinforced concrete faced with natural stone, laid in thick, slightly offset courses that cast deep shadows. A tiled roof gives the gate its dignity.
Tiles crown the stone wall as well, and beside the gatepost stands a slender multi-stemmed tree.
Tiles crown the stone wall as well, and beside the gatepost stands a slender multi-stemmed tree.
Before the gate, a planting bed edged in the same granite as the paving. Herbs and pansies at the foot of a natsuhaze, a shrub loved for its autumn color.
Before the gate, a planting bed edged in the same granite as the paving. Herbs and pansies at the foot of a natsuhaze, a shrub loved for its autumn color.
The garage door is natural larch, electric, opening upward and folding away along the ceiling.
The garage door is natural larch, electric, opening upward and folding away along the ceiling.
Around the garage, stone in a calm tone chosen to suit the brown of the door.
Around the garage, stone in a calm tone chosen to suit the brown of the door.
Parking for eight cars on what had been a field. The earthworks and the asphalt and concrete paving were all done by our own crew, under a carport built to bear the weight of snow.

Parking for eight cars on what had been a field. The earthworks and the asphalt and concrete paving were all done by our own crew, under a carport built to bear the weight of snow.

Instead of running straight, the path curves gently across the grounds, so the garden reveals itself one view at a time.
Instead of running straight, the path curves gently across the grounds, so the garden reveals itself one view at a time.
The stone path passes under a climbing-rose arch to a round terrace of irregular flagstones.
The stone path passes under a climbing-rose arch to a round terrace of irregular flagstones.
Before the front door, water spills from a wall of stacked stone. Its sound greets guests before they reach the garden.
Before the front door, water spills from a wall of stacked stone. Its sound greets guests before they reach the garden.
Behind the gate, a large stone basin of cool water plants.
Behind the gate, a large stone basin of cool water plants.
At the center, an open lawn of Korai grass, a turf well suited to Japan's climate.
At the center, an open lawn of Korai grass, a turf well suited to Japan's climate.
A path of railway sleepers leads to a pergola, a quiet place to sit and look out over the garden.
A path of railway sleepers leads to a pergola, a quiet place to sit and look out over the garden.
A table beneath a parasol, and a barbecue grill with its own water tap.
A table beneath a parasol, and a barbecue grill with its own water tap.
The flower beds in the garden's first spring. Two years on, the planting had settled in and the garden had only grown richer.
The flower beds in the garden's first spring. Two years on, the planting had settled in and the garden had only grown richer.

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