Project Spotlight: A Dreamy Shipping Container Pool
Shipping container pools are an easy and cost-effective way to create a unique and stylish swimming pool. They are quick to install and can be customized with different features and finishes. Plus, they're also resistant to rot, rust, and other weather elements,...
Project Spotlight: Great Architecture
This client had been with us for four years and wanted to create a garden that was teeming with pollinators and had plenty of cutting flowers. With their existing modern, native grass-heavy landscape, they knew that our company—with its strong connection to building...
Project Spotlight: Starting with a Blank Slate
As any writer or artist knows, when you start with a blank page or a clean canvas, anything is possible. That’s also what happens with a landscape design that starts from scratch. The owners of this home in West Nashville had ideas for what they wanted, and...
Project Spotlight: Get the most out of your yard’s space
One of the biggest challenges for homeowners can be figuring out how to get the most out of their yard to maximize its potential for fun and entertaining. They might have a dream design, but they aren’t sure how to incorporate it into their property’s exterior....
Project Spotlight: Taming That ‘Extreme’ Backyard Slope
-- Sometimes in landscape design, big problems call for big solutions This was the case for a home in West Nashville that had a “really extreme backyard slope” of a hillside that leveled out almost at the back door. We talked with Gardens of Babylon landscape designer...
Project Spotlight: Small Footprint, Big Impact
------------------------------------------------- Sometimes a homeowner gives a landscape designer a small canvas and directs them to fill it to its best potential. Other times, the homeowner/gardener has a specific request – an idea, a look, a few must-have features...
Project Spotlight: Achieving the Vision
Sometimes a homeowner gives a landscape designer a blank canvas and directs them to fill it to its best potential. Other times, the homeowner/gardener has a specific request – an idea, a look, a few must-have features -- and calls on a designer to bring it to...
Project Spotlight: Pool + Privacy in a Backyard Oasis
Landscaping around a home on a small lot with close-by neighbors can be a challenge. With special features on the wish list, there is an extra layer of coordination, and that was the case with this home in the WestHaven community in Franklin. We talked with Gardens...
Project Spotlight: Embellishing the ‘Bones’
When a landscape has good “bones” -- the word designers sometimes use to describe the design of the hardscape and established trees and shrubs – the homeowner can enjoy the scenery with its variety of perennial and annual embellishments as it evolves and changes...
Project Spotlight: Turning a Problem into a Feature
With an acre or more of land, there was plenty of space in the backyard of this Williamson County home, and the homeowners had hoped to be able to entertain family and friends there. The problem was, most of the backyard was inaccessible. We talked with Gardens...
Project Spotlight: Challenges + Solutions = Best Landscape Design
It’s not unusual for a landscape update to begin with a list of challenges to work around. That was the case in creating a landscape plan for this home in Nashville’s 12 South neighborhood. We asked Gardens of Babylon’s Matt Kerske to give details on the...