Swimming Pool of the Week: A Dive into a Napa Valley Landscape - Gardenista
We’ve been daydreaming about the swimming pool ever since our recent visit to SF-based landscape architect Scott Lewis’s award-winning project, A Napa Valley Garden That Belongs to the Land.
Photography by Matthew Millman courtesy of Scott Lewis.
Lewis won an American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for the transformation of a one-acre Napa Valley property.
In the process, an existing swimming pool got a facelift: it was re-plastered (with plaster that has a gray tint to make the color of the water more reflective) and the coping is limestone.
The size and site of the pool remained the same.
Before
After
A spa area is adjacent to the master bedroom and bath.
At one end of the pool, limestone pavers lead to a widened ipe deck covered by a painted steel arbor.
An arbor shades the deck and dining area without blocking the view.
Four olive trees are a focal point and have been underplanted with lavender.