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Hello,
This was my design for my front yard, which slopes steeply toward the street. I
never built this stuff because my dumb homeowner's association denied it. ("Too
extensive and too permanent.") The upper left picture shows the view from the
street. The white object on the right represents the driveway. The pergola
doesn't have all the slats shown on the top - I planned to put a wysteria vine
on it. The retaining walls and walkway would have been faced with stones and
bordered with bricks to match my side walkway and back patio. My wife's webpage
has some pictures that show the patio - look at the very last picture if you're
interested. (Ignore the goofy looking guy in the photo!)
http://paulascharity.com/OtherPhotos/index.html
Regards,
Dave Blandston
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"Dave Blandston" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> This was my design for my front yard, which slopes steeply toward the street. I
> never built this stuff because my dumb homeowner's association denied it. ("Too
> extensive and too permanent.")
That's a very good-looking design! Had you planned to place vegetation on the
terraces?
I don't know why HOAs always have to make trouble for people. Your design would
have likely improved the character of your neighborhood. I can't see how it
would have detracted from it. It seems to me that if you own a piece of
property, you should be allowed to build beautiful things onto it.
> My wife's webpage has some pictures that show the patio - look at the very last >
picture if you're interested. (Igno
re the goofy looking guy in the photo!)
> http://paulascharity.com/OtherPhotos/index.html
Nice patio. Hey, is that a San Pedro cactus back there?
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High!
Dave Blandston wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This was my design for my front yard, which slopes steeply toward the street. I
> never built this stuff because my dumb homeowner's association denied it. ("Too
> extensive and too permanent.")
...and I thought this was mainly a German obsession!
But nevertheless, the crackle-textured walls of your design reminds me
of 1950s/1960s modernist architecture in Kabul (and other Afghan
cities)... and the whole layout looks somewhat like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Baba_Saab.JPG
See you in Khyberspace!
Yadgar
Now playing: Catherine Howard (Rick Wakeman)
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"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> That's a very good-looking design! Had you planned to place vegetation on the
> terraces?
>
> I don't know why HOAs always have to make trouble for people. Your design would
> have likely improved the character of your neighborhood. I can't see how it
> would have detracted from it. It seems to me that if you own a piece of
> property, you should be allowed to build beautiful things onto it.
>
> > My wife's webpage has some pictures that show the patio - look at the very last >
picture if you're interested. (Ig
no
> re the goofy looking guy in the photo!)
> > http://paulascharity.com/OtherPhotos/index.html
>
> Nice patio. Hey, is that a San Pedro cactus back there?
Yes, lots of vegetation. I enjoy gardening and currently have lots of tropical
plants in my yard. I planned to put a Senegal date palm (Phoenix reclinata) on
the upper left terrace, a row of three matching palms (probably Queen palms) on
the bottom terraces - two on the left and one on the right, as well as numerous
smaller plants and accent rocks. I was really surprised when the association
denied my proposal. I never imagined they would reject it so I already had a
mason scheduled even!
The blue cactus is a Pilosocereus pachycladus. It's beautiful and easy to grow.
My wife and I like blue plants and we have several others including some blue
bamboo (Bambusa chungii Barballata), three blue palm trees (two Bismarckia
nobilis and one Brahea armata), a blue agave, and a blue cycad (Encephalartos
princeps).
Regards,
Dave Blandston
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"Dave Blandston" <nomail@nomail> schreef in bericht
news:web.4b82ad136fddfc4dcba3fb0f0@news.povray.org...
> This was my design for my front yard, which slopes steeply toward the
> street. I
> never built this stuff because my dumb homeowner's association denied it.
> ("Too
> extensive and too permanent.") The upper left picture shows the view from
> the
> street. The white object on the right represents the driveway. The pergola
> doesn't have all the slats shown on the top - I planned to put a wysteria
> vine
> on it. The retaining walls and walkway would have been faced with stones
> and
> bordered with bricks to match my side walkway and back patio. My wife's
> webpage
> has some pictures that show the patio - look at the very last picture if
> you're
> interested. (Ignore the goofy looking guy in the photo!)
> http://paulascharity.com/OtherPhotos/index.html
>
Nice indeed. I suppose that the association's purpose is to see if designs
fit into an overall *uniform* perspective of the street/neighbourhood,
trying to avoid *chaos*? Maybe becoming a member and trying to steer
decisions is an option?
Thomas
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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> Nice indeed. I suppose that the association's purpose is to see if designs
> fit into an overall *uniform* perspective of the street/neighbourhood,
> trying to avoid *chaos*? Maybe becoming a member and trying to steer
> decisions is an option?
>
> Thomas
Thanks for the compliment. I'm not too worried anymore because at the moment I'm
in "saving" mode instead of "spending" mode anyway. By the time I'm ready to do
the landscaping again I'm sure there will be different people on the landscaping
committee. I'll just hang on to my plans for now and wait.
Regards,
Dave Blandston
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Dave Blandston wrote:
> "Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Nice patio. Hey, is that a San Pedro cactus back there?
>
> Yes, lots of vegetation. I enjoy gardening and currently have lots of tropical
> plants in my yard. I planned to put a Senegal date palm (Phoenix reclinata) on
> the upper left terrace, a row of three matching palms (probably Queen palms) on
> the bottom terraces - two on the left and one on the right, as well as numerous
> smaller plants and accent rocks. I was really surprised when the association
> denied my proposal. I never imagined they would reject it so I already had a
> mason scheduled even!
>
> The blue cactus is a Pilosocereus pachycladus. It's beautiful and easy to grow.
> My wife and I like blue plants and we have several others including some blue
> bamboo (Bambusa chungii Barballata), three blue palm trees (two Bismarckia
> nobilis and one Brahea armata), a blue agave, and a blue cycad (Encephalartos
> princeps).
Ah, it would be so nice to grow all kinds of cacti! We live at 5200',
and it gets too cold :( Our Opuntias barely hang on, our Trichocereus
(or were they Pilosocereus?) have all died out, but we do have some
Agave which is doing OK, I suppose. The severe, sharp type is doing much
better than the softer type.
It's even a little difficult to grow lawn grass. The grass native to
this area has a purple/lavender color to it. Interestingly enough, there
are at least two other lavender-colored plants around here, one of them
being a sort of hardy Miner's Lettuce. It's almost as if having that
color makes the plants more suited for this climate.
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stbenge <UN### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Ah, it would be so nice to grow all kinds of cacti! We live at 5200',
> and it gets too cold :( Our Opuntias barely hang on, our Trichocereus
> (or were they Pilosocereus?) have all died out, but we do have some
> Agave which is doing OK, I suppose. The severe, sharp type is doing much
> better than the softer type.
>
> It's even a little difficult to grow lawn grass. The grass native to
> this area has a purple/lavender color to it. Interestingly enough, there
> are at least two other lavender-colored plants around here, one of them
> being a sort of hardy Miner's Lettuce. It's almost as if having that
> color makes the plants more suited for this climate.
I'll bet you have lots of beautiful pine trees though!
By the way, I borrowed a section of code from your "Height fields with
overhangs" posting. That's a very helpful posting!
Regards,
Dave Blandston
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