A North Capitol Hill Garden
Designed by Talley & Kolb, this garden on north Capitol Hill
surrounds a large New England-style house set so far back on a
flat corner lot that...
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A Wedgwood Garden
The design of this Wedgwood garden started with prudent site
selection. When the clients, a couple newly transplanted from
Palo Alto...
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A Windermere Garden
Located on a unique lot having two street frontages, with its front door facing a main road and its garage facing an adjoining cul-de-sac, this Windermere residence has two driveways...
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Three Laurelhurst Gardens
Located within a few short blocks of each other in Laurelhurst and completed in 2005-2006, these three small and fairly level front gardens by Seattle landscape architect Brooks Kolb have two major programmatic elements in common; otherwise, they could not be more different. What all three have in common is that they reclaim the front yard for private and intimate family living and they each incorporate a small water feature. At each site, the back yard was less suitable for family use, but for different reasons. Click on the following links for more details.
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A Finn Hill Meadows Garden - Kirkland, Washington
High on the slopes above Kirkland's Juanita Bay lies a unique neighborhood of circular lots bordered by a zigzag pattern of split-rail fences: Finn Hill Meadows, which was originally platted by Architect Paul Kirk in the 1950's. In the spaces between the lots, meadow grasses in commonly-owned horse pasture and orchard grow...
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A Pike's Peak Garden - Bellevue, Washington
Located on a three-acre, sloping site bordered by tall Lombardy Poplar trees, this large estate in the Pike's Peak neighborhood of Bellevue takes advantage of its forested, nearly rural surroundings. A sense of refuge and privacy provides a haven for...
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A Sandpoint Country Club Garden - Seattle, Washington
Located on the western edge of the Sandpoint Country Club in Seattle, this low, ranch-style home encompasses two distinctly different landscapes linked visually by a see-through entry hall: a front garden facing a residential street and a back garden opening onto the expansive lawns...
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A Broadmoor Garden
Composed of a tranquil pond with water lilies and a gurgling fountain, backed by a dense semi-circular Yew hedge, this formal English garden provides a pleasing vista from a prominent living room window...
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North Broadmoor Garden
Seattle Landscape Architect Brooks Kolb was hired by the owner to transform an automobile-dominated front yard into a usable, pedestrian-friendly entry garden and to create private terraces for a formal water feature and hot tub in the back...
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A Denny Blaine Garden - Seattle, Washington
Inspired by the formal gardens of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, this "L"-shaped garden on a hilly site in the Denny Blaine neighborhood takes advantage of...
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Fences
Fences can be as individual as clients and the landforms of
the properties they own. The purpose of a fence...
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Fountains & Pools
What can enhance the garden experience more than the look and sound of water? If you have your heart set on including a water feature in your garden...
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A Blue Ridge Garden
This garden in the Blue Ridge neighborhood of northwest Seattle is really two distinctly different gardens. Adjoining a classic Italianate loggia and the simple brick faade of the house, the front garden is an elegant...
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An East Lake Sammamish Garden
Located on a sizable hilly acreage high above Lake Sammamish, this front courtyard garden centers on a formal circular autocourt and features a stunning waterfall built into a steep slope. Since the back side of the house embraces a generous veranda overlooking panoramic views...
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New Work
Currently, Seattle Landscape Architect Brooks Kolb is working on
several projects including a large garden in Mercer Island with a
swimming pool, tennis court and two small fountains. This hillside
garden in Laurelhurst (pictured) with a curving Wilkeson sandstone
stairway and stepped terrace is under construction and expected to
be completed in April, 2009.
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