Contemplative garden

When Peter Blum and his wife, Rita, had a modern house built in Irvington, New York, they hired a landscape architect to turn the existing grounds into an

Japanese garden at dusk

The True Nature Healing Arts (TNHA) garden is a peaceful sanctuary, free and open to the public from dawn to dusk. The therapeutic environment incorporates several healing modalities, including a labyrinth, reflexology path, outdoor yoga space and contemplative gardens. The movement between gardens and building is completely integrated and activity moves seamlessly from one area

What if a step into your garden could feel like stepping into another world? Imagine a space so enchanting and private that it serves as your personal escape from the everyday. Our collection of 29 Secret Garden ideas offers just that—a guide to creating a magical outdoor space that captivates the senses and shelters the

The Windhover Contemplative Center is a spiritual retreat on the Stanford campus to promote and inspire personal renewal. Using Nathan...

Andrea Cochran en de raakvlakken met de stijl van Linea Hortus.

Behind a five-story rowhouse in a residential Brooklyn neighborhood, MVVA created an escape within the city that evokes the feeling of wandering through nature. The existing space lacked privacy and was enclosed by a historic 12-foot brick wall. Moving away from the traditional notion of a backyard as an area for recreation or outdoor cooking […]

The yard feels secluded thanks to solid fencing and a buffer of dense greenery. Benches by Angel City Lumber, stacked on stones and all from Molly’s home state of Oregon, create a seating moment to look back at a towering cork oak tree.

This spiritual retreat by Aidlin Darling Design at Stanford University features vertical cedar slats and thick walls made of soil excavated from the site

The “handrill” of Corten steel follows the peastone and steel steps down a steep slope to pour into a round basin, emptying into a channel that meanders

When it came time to retire, Steven and Dee Dee Kim knew just what they wanted. They would leave their home in Tiburon, California near San Francisco, and

A map of the best contemporary landscape architecture projects from around the world.

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Hope on the Horizon - Help for Heroes sponsored by The Havisham Trust Award: Best Show Garden - People's Choice Award: Silver Gilt Medal Designed by: Matt Keightley Built by: Farr & Roberts Sponsored by: David Brownlow Hope on the Horizon is a contemplative space that represents the process which injured servicemen and women go through on the road to recovery, designed to support Help for Heroes. Granite blocks symbolise the soldiers’ physical wellbeing and planting reflects their mental…

The word "fishbowl" came to mind the first time designer Julie Farris of XS Space visited a client's townhouse backyard in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. "

Windhover Contemplative Center - Aidlin Darling Design, 2014 (Stanford, E.-U.)