Gardens by Lundgren’s posterous

I am certain that garden designers all over the world struggle with issues specific to their country. In Sweden I find the restrictions regarding boundaries to be one of the more frustrating issues.

 Most of my clients want some kind of boundary that marks their territory; very often they want something that also shields them from the world outside.  I as a designer want a boundary that ads to the design. Walls make great boundaries and give you as a designer many opportunities to be creative but…

In Sweden you need planning permission for walls higher than 50cm and fences higher than 120cm. You can apply for permission but you almost never ever get one.

Since a 50cm high wall does not satisfy either the client or the designer, what is left is the fence solution.

Unfortunately many of my clients tend to be a little conservative and prefer a not so showy picket fence or a plain wire netting. But then, once in a while, I get a client who is prepared to go beyond the ordinary. What a treat that is.

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A  deck doesn't always have to be at ground level with ordinary patio furnitures, has it! It can also be turned into a large "divan", a place in the shade to chill out!

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Looking through springpictures for Rhododendrons in order to fight back "snowdepression" (the snow is not here yet, but it is on it's way and that is worse than waiting in the dentists' waitingroom) Rhododendrons are fabulous plants when in bloom, but why are they so often underrated as architectural plants!

   

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Less is sooo more, sometimes. This picture really shows what a difference a simple line on the drawing can make in reality. The picture is taken during a visit to the Mien Ruys Gardens in Dedemsvaart in Holland. Mien Ruys, a dutch landscape architect, was a pioneer of her time and a true experimentalist. If in Europe, do make plans to visit the gardens. ( www.mienruys.nl )

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