Kitsilano Cutie
Kitsilano Craftsman home with mixed plantings of grasses, perennials and shrubs. Vancouver.
This much loved family home needed an equally stunning front garden.
Mature Cherry and Maple trees frame this sweet front garden filled to bursting with grasses and mixed perennials. Chartreuse sprays of Carex elata ‘Aurea’ sway amongst the toothy blue foliage of Corsican Hellebores and silvery Hebes. Underplanted with layers of woodland edge groundcovers and Spring bulbs, this front garden punches above its weight with a profusion of textures and colour all year round.
The palette in the front garden is modern and lead by strong foliage choices, with the cool silver tones of Corsican Hellebores contrasting against the lime green spikes of grasses and the dark purples of Actea.
Contemporary white concrete containers add a modern touch, filled with a mixture of permanent and seasonal plantings.
No pesticides or other chemicals are used in this garden and the plants selected attract birds of all sizes, with songbirds making their homes in the trees above.