Lindsay Residence
An eco friendly garden in a North Vancouver suburb...
The Site
Home of Western Living's 2009 Designer of the year Senga Lindsay and featured in their September 2009 issue. This 1956 post and beam house by Vancouver's premier modernist movement architects Thompson Berwicke and Pratt sits on 1/4 acres adjacent a green belt and forest. The existing site was planted primarily in lawn and overgrown evergreen shrubs.
The Challenge
To create a sustainable garden which educates and demonstrates the 10 major design principals of a sustaianble garden to visitors and clients alike. And to create a series of eco-chic outdoor spaces for entertaining and gardens which attract and help maintian the local wildlife.
The Design
The design features a series of outdoor ‘themed’ rooms and showcases eco-friendly initiatives. Sustainable elements woven through the site include: xerioscaping, wildlife friendly plantings, permeable paving, solar night lighting, rain barrels, worm composters, fruit trees and food plants, mason bees, worm composter and a 400 ft2 green roof.
The front yard converted into a modern outdoor living space compliments the 1950’s post and beam house. Dimensional cut flagstone green jointed walk leads into a square pea gravel patio. Flanked by large cubed planters of herbs and fruit trees and a Lavender hedge, ornamental grasses, and plantings provide a backdrop and screen the street.
A contemporary Pacific Asian themed patio off the kitchen is flanked with hedge bamboo, and inspired fencing. Mortared blue flagstone, a water bowl/ fountain and solar lanterns complete the look.
The backyard containing a small area of ‘ecolawn’ fronts onto a woodland garden and a giant Chinese water bowl which provides a focal point.
