Like it or not, red demands to be the center of attention. ( actually, I take that back – my landscape design mood boards for an autumn garden in New England always feature earthy reds… but the light is lower and softer and there is also plenty of yellow to mellow it out). I don’t live in that climate or light – and I only occasionally crave that mood. There is a climate and a natural light that flatters red. I’m not really sure of the answer, but for me, it is about time and place. 5) Kochia (summer cypress) at Hitachi Seaside park in Ibaraki, Japan shot by 6) Red staricase in Carovigno, Italy, Courtesy of found via 7) Purotu Hand blown glass rose candle from Liberty of London.
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3) Peruvian vintage frazadas (handwoven blankets for cool evenings on the patio) from 4) The story behind this urn garden as well as how to create this container garden in the rouge urn. Learn about growing and foraging for your own Red twig dogwood stems.
(start top left, clockwise) – 1) My favorite red in my own landscape (because it is entirely welcome and beautiful in the winter light of New England) is red twig dogwood (cornus sericea). Image via Chariish Clay Red in Landscape Design Mood board (I’m obsessed with that black stripe tile!). 5) If you are in Los Angeles, you can order produce deliveries from the estate. 3) Chalk Drawings on red paths at the estate created by 4) Estate grown Finger limes. 2) Mothers’s day pasta by made with Turmeric Root, Parsley, Spinach, Butterfly Pea Flowers, Hibiscus, Beets, and Harissa. (start top left, clockwise): 1) Image from Flamingo Estate. (his heroes and favorite garden authors and mine are are nearly 100% the same). I was inspired to hear Richard talk on this monocle podcast about his approach and the project. He made it a hub of locally sourced farm products and good living that are as inspiring at the property itself. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, the Flamingo Estate is owned by Richard Christainsen who bought and renovated the 7-acre property through Covid. The clay red decked pool deck at the Flamingo Estate in southern California = good.Īll the deep sexy reds and luscious earthy colors of the Flamingo Estate in LA inspired this collection of garden design ideas and inspirations. Lip stick red azaleas in my front garden = bad. You know it when it’s good just as quick as you know it when it’s off. This in not untrue of other colors in any particular landscape – but red is the easiest one to get wrong. To make red work, you need just the right shade and that shade must work in your unique light. It’s like two different colors – which leads me to conclude it must be all about the light and the shade. Photos of red flowers never look the same in camera as they do in my eye. What is it about red that is so complicated?Įven my phone finds red hard. (this confession is genuinely making me wonder if I have a mental problem – is it normal for a color to have such an irritating impact on my psyche?) And conversely, why I am so drawn to this overwhelmingly red garden at the Flamingo Estate – enough to feel inspired to create this landscape design mood board? Once it was in the compost pile, I felt much better. I’ve fallen for the lure of a gorgeous red azalea sitting in front of the garden center, slammed the brakes, tossed it in reverse, planted the stupid thing, only to rage at it every time I see it along my own driveway.
Red’s are tricky and I find them the hardest color to work with in landscape design.
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