My Back Patio
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I live in a very large and older, "beehive" type apartment complex. On the back of my ground floor apt I have a small patio that my girlfriend has done an incredible job of landscaping. I am going to try and recreate it.
I have pictures of the completed patio which I will not post until I am done. Don't want to raise anyone's expectations.
Here are the first WIP showing the general shape and size. I don't intend the exterior to be very detailed as the real interest is inside the patio.
That's right, it's not another one of my spaceships.
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Many re-measurements.
First level of pavers and very rough outline of garden.
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Garden dirt added. A few more terraced paver walls to add and then the plants.
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looks promising! are you planning to render it when it's finished?
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@carloh said:
looks promising! are you planning to render it when it's finished?
Thanks Carloh.
I probably will not render it as it's a re-creation of what already exists. For that I will post the real pictures after I'm done.
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Curbing and terracing complete.
Plants and other details next.
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Looks good, Bryan. One question though; where does surface water drain too? Have you installed an underground drain somewhere?
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@utiler said:
Looks good, Bryan. One question though; where does surface water drain too? Have you installed an underground drain somewhere?
Funny you should ask that, because there is no drain. I tried to explain the importance of drainage to my girlfriend when she was building it and she just ignored me.As it turns out, it puddles and then eventually drains through the cracks between the curbing pavers, even in heavy rains. We've been lucky.
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Let's hope that Texas doesn't get the sort of rain we do here in Australia...
Sounds like you did the right thing anyway; not causing an argument! -
First plants. Many more to go.
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Interior view. Still not completed. Temporarily hidden one end wall so you can see the full length.
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looks like the trees are darkening the room inside pretty much?
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@carloh said:
looks like the trees are darkening the room inside pretty much?
Yes. They provide excellent shade for the patio.
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Very cool indeed.
Kinda reminds me of the vertical forest in Milan. You may want to rethink the plant material. I don't think you will be able to sustain a full size tree with that much soil. You may get 4-5 years before it dies. Where I live we require 30 cubic meters of raw loam per tree and 15 for shared plantings. I know it sounds like allot. I think you could get away with a large shrub or perennials and have better luck.
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@kajka666 said:
Very cool indeed.
Kinda reminds me of the vertical forest in Milan. You may want to rethink the plant material. I don't think you will be able to sustain a full size tree with that much soil. You may get 4-5 years before it dies. Where I live we require 30 cubic meters of raw loam per tree and 15 for shared plantings. I know it sounds like allot. I think you could get away with a large shrub or perennials and have better luck.
Thanks kajka.
The larger trees are actually very large bushes and have been here for many years before we moved in. I don't know what they are, but they are very common to our region and very hardy. The area they are planted in is soil all the way down. They are about at max size and will not get significantly larger.
You won't happen to know where I can find some 3D impatiens would you?
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Bryan it is looking very nice, specially with those trees... as you describe them and for your location they remind me mesquite plants, do you know what kind are they???
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@novena said:
Bryan it is looking very nice, specially with those trees... as you describe them and for your location they remind me mesquite plants, do you know what kind are they???
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VYou know, it's funny, I've lived here for decades and I really don't know what they are.
They are so common that nobody really pays any attention to them except to trim them.
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Odd. Did I post in the wrong thread? I thought I uploaded the update.
Oh well, here's the update. A few more plants and the electrical boxes.
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getting close to a render now!
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@olishea said:
getting close to a render now!
Wow. 2 weeks since my last update?
I need to work on this!
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