French Country Oregon

This 1/2-acre landscape, designed over the course of ten years, met a family's needs for relaxing, play, entertaining and horticultural hobbies. Taking its cue from the home's European-style mansard roof and floor-to-ceiling windows along most axis, the landscape provided architectural views from every room--with knot gardens, a pavilion, sitting portico, pool, hot tub, splashing fountains, fire pit, vegetable garden, wine grapes and an English glasshouse. USDA Zone 8a, this garden receives little to no rainwater during four summer months. Drip irrigation used throughout. A small badminton lawn is watered sparingly in the summer. Thick mulch retained soil moisture and suppressed weeds. No chemicals/pesticides applied.