Landscape Architect Visit: A Snowy Mountain Lodge - Gardenista
Funnily enough, one of the biggest challenges in landscaping a family lodge built against a backdrop of some of the world’s most spectacular high peaks was the view. Photographs via Paul Sangha. A pool and heated covered lounge space attached to a guest house as well as the garden that surrounds the... ...terraced area all have an intentionally muted palette to blend with the gray city of nearby Vancouver and the environs “We brought the boulders to the site and fitted them to the pool before the stone and the tiles were set, so the other materials fit up against them,” says Mr. Sangha. The pool is tiled with Beijing Leaf Green Slate, cut down to 4-by-4-inch squares and then tumbled to create soft edges. With the planting I wanted to blend in with forest that was there says Mr Sangha He selected species of pine and spruce that wouldn t get as... ...tall as native species so that over time even after they reached full height it wouldn t be necessary to cut off the tops to maintain the views Two stories below the pool on the steep lot, the driveway’s pattern was created using tumbled granite bricks and ct granite pavers laid in a leaf pattern. Two stories of bluestone stairs connect the driveway to the house and pool area above. “You end up meandering through the garden and not realizing you’ve made a two-story grade change.” The caps on the basalt walls are cast-in-place concrete with bullnose details. “This project was all about the craftsmanship, which you can see in the work–talented stone masons, tile layers, also you see it in the iron work,” says Mr. Sangha.