Complete landscape project

Estate landscaping

Project under construction.

Despite its exceptional setting, very interesting relief and open views over the River Tâmega, this garden presents some complexity because it is laid out on slopes and granite soils, where choosing species well suited to the terrain was of the utmost importance.

Multi-stem tree in the foreground, with the decomposed-granite slope and rock outcrops in the background.

The project

The proposal for this garden grew out of a naturalistic approach to the space, in which creating large masses of trees and shrubs became essential to achieving it. The rock outcrops enrich the setting, giving it an organic form and a unique visual dimension. For the paths we chose materials such as self-binding gravel and, discreetly, among the planting, routes marked with natural stone slabs of different sizes and shapes.

General plan of the garden over the contour lines of the land.

Photographic record

Newly planted, staked fastigiate trees on the decomposed-granite slope.
Young staked trees on the slope, with rock outcrops and soil still bare.
Group of trees planted beside the stone wall, on decomposed-granite ground.
Two staked fastigiate trees beside the gable end of the building.
Natural stone wall with the group of trees planted along the crest.
Wall of granite blocks and a shaped slope, with the trees planted along the crest.
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