MAKEOVERS
outdoors
A c r e a t i v e d e s ig n b r in g s
a n e w t w is t t o s t a n d a r d
e a s y - c a r e p l a n t in g s .
BYERICLISKEY PHOTOS JON JENSEN
PRODUCED BY JAN BEHRS
m
a ss p la n tin g s o f
s h r u b s a n d
grasses
a re a
c o n v e n ie n t
w a y to c r e a te a
fro n t-y a rd g a rd e n fo r tim e -p r e s s e d
h o m e o w n e r s . T h e r e ’s ju s t o n e
p r o b le m —th e y o fte n d o n ’t lo o k v e ry
in te re s tin g . P o r tla n d la n d s c a p e
d e s ig n e r M ic h a e l S c h u ltz th o u g h t h e
c o u ld a c h ie v e g o o d lo o k s w ith lo w -
m a in te n a n c e p la n ts a n d w a s w illin g
to te s t h is id e a s o n h is n e w ly
a c q u ir e d h o m e .
W ith c o n tra s tin g foliage, n o n -
tra d itio n a l p la c e m e n t, a n d a rtis tic
p ru n in g , M ic h a e l c re a te d a n
e x tra o rd in a ry g a rd e n a n c h o re d b y
s ta n d a rd s h ru b p la n tin g s . T h e y ’re
d ro u g h t- to le ra n t a n d re q u ire o n ly
o c c a sio n a l trim m in g to m a in ta in
M ic h a e l’s g e o m e tric d e sig n . H e a n d
h is p a rtn e r, W ill G o o d m a n , c o m p le te d
th e re d e s ig n o f th e h o m e ’s fro n t w ith
c e d a r s h in g le s id in g a n d n e w p illa rs.
N ow , th e la n d s c a p e b o a s ts
d e s ig n e r lo o k s s im p ly b y s h a p in g
c o m m o n p la n ts in u n c o m m o n w ay s.
1 2 4
OCTOBER 2008 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
