#outdoor living
A new kind of pathway with a beautiful planting design. The ambiance fills a connection between the swimming pool and hiking paths. Project Name: “The Butterfly House.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com Interior Design: maraya.com
View before entering through a security gate with a tunnel made of plants. Project Name: “Woodland Pathway to Pool.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
During the pool install and an after view. Project Name: “Woodland Pathway to Pool.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
A driveway and outdoor living room, as seen from the privacy hedges surrounding the property. Project Name: “White Flower House.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
An exterior design with a driveway and rose garden. Project Name: “White Flower House.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
Feels like spring break. Project Name: “Old Ojai.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com to and in collaboration with Sonny Ward junestreetarchitecture.com
Garden view from a poolside patio to a lavender field. Project Name: “The White House.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com Butterfly Chairs: circa50.com
A pool and cabana install. Patios, pathways, rockwork, and a new planting design enhance the home’s value. Project Name: “Woodland Pathway to Pool.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
Patios levels connected by a huge staircase and to the swimming pool with an outside shower. Project Name: “European Country.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
Many paths join an outside game room and a swimming pool built into a hillside. Project Name: “The White House. Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
A no lawn exterior design with curb appeal. Project Name: “Renaissance Garden.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
An inspiring pathway. The backyard was chaos before this redesign. There were overgrown and unhealthy palms, with a random assortment of other plants in this area. Now the pathways are well defined with clean views. Project Name: “Hamptons in a Drought.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com and in collaboration with Kathy Fisher
The back of this house now has patios with levels and a comforting planting design. All of these hardscape + softscape elements are a part of landscaping. See more inspiring designs on our website at paulhendershotdesign.com Landscape Designer Paul Hendershot Design, Inc.
A rock pathway with anemone wildflowers acting as a garden and walls. Project Name: “Woodland Pathway to Pool.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
A sweet scented lavender field. The garden attracts pollinators, improving the landscape ecology for all. Project Name: “The White House. Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
A blossoming fruit tree at a residential home orchard. These beautiful flowers will start budding fruit soon. Happy first day of spring! Project Name: “Provence in Ojai.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
A low water design with many outside living rooms. Project Name: “New 1-Year-Old Garden.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
A magical before and after. Project Name: “L.A. Garden.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc. paulhendershotdesign.com
Sometimes we just need to disconnect for a while; distance ourselves from the humdrum of life and regain clarity.⠀
A few weeks ago I surprised Ben with a trip to Snowdonia for his birthday. Although we’ve driven extensively across Europe in our van, we’ve never taken the time to explore much on our home island, and Snowdonia was a place we’d always wanted to see.⠀
A six hour drive used to seem like a long way to us, but now as the miles are racking up under our belts the world is starting to seem smaller, and Wales suddenly didn’t seem that far away.⠀
This time however we opted to ditch the van, and take our five day stint away back to basics. We loaded up the car with sleeping bags, tent, walking boots, axe, coal, a tarpaulin- not that at this point we knew just how much we’d need one.⠀
We hit the road and immediately our shoulders felt lighter as the burden of routine was lifted. ⠀
When we were still in uni, I used to drive us all over Cornwall in my little, clapped-out old Polo. We’d set up camp on the cliffs, on the sands of an empty beach, or camp in the car if somebody forgot to pack the tent poles. We’d stay up til sunrise talking around the fire, in awe of the crashing waves below and the distant lights of ships on the horizon hovering above coastal fog. After a couple hours sleep at most we’d pack up our wind-flattened tent as walkers passed by and laughed, and drag ourselves into the nearest public toilets for a wash.⠀
It’s these kind of memories- haphazard, spontaneous and wonderfully simplistic that we look back on fondly, and it’s these days that inspired us to undertake an equally haphazard trip to Wales with nothing but ourselves, an old, crumpled road atlas and a car full of camping gear. We left in search of peace, in search of isolation and beautiful corners of this island, and boy did we find them.⠀
Story continues on Sunday!⠀
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Where we wish we were right now: floating on a still lake, beer in one hand, charcoaled sausage in the other, no care in the world and nothing but summer vibes.⠀
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Where we actually are right now: Sheltering in our van from the relentless Cornish rain, some of which is slowly soaking the rug on our floor, curled up with a cuppa tea and the heating on.⠀
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Happy Sunday everyone ⠀
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Photo by @brisingamen_designs ⠀
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