Vail Valley, Colorado Landscape Design in Mountain Living

Tom Altgelt — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:01:44 +0000

Back in February, one of my landscape designs was featured in Mountain Living magazine in their article, “Anatomy of a Green Dream Home”. This home, located in Cordillera in the Vail Valley of Colorado, exemplifies some of the ways I like to work in harmony with nature. I felt that nature was my co-creating partner as I designed a landscape that provides a series of experiences as you walk through from one space to the next, featuring rock, fire, water and plants.

To view the article, which includes some nice photography of the landscape, here is Part 1 and Part 2 in jpeg format. Part 2 is especially focused on the landscape design, and some of the thought that went into creating it. Alternately, here is the whole Mountain Living article in pdf format, with best resolution.

Breathe in the Garden

Tom Altgelt — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:53:14 +0000

"Breathe in the Garden" Landscape Design

This garden in Boulder, Colorado features a vanishing-edge pool with water for swimming adjacent to a naturalistic rock and water feature for plants and fish. There is a series of waterfalls forming a drop cascade of at least nine feet from the master bedroom down to the swimming and entertainment terrace. The terrace has an outdoor kitchen and dining room with views of the Boulder Flatirons. Looking from the dining patio, the swimming pool visually melds with the Boulder Reservoir; you cannot see where one stops and the other begins. A path decends along the water cascade to a quiet intimate viewing patio of both the garden and the grandeur of the Boulder Flatirons. A firepit is perched on the edge of the dining and entertainment patio.

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Vail Valley, Colorado Landscape Design in Mountain Living

Breathe in the Garden