The family of residents of this house found the external area of the property – 900m² – with an immense lawn without trees and plants, with an old swimming pool and a small gourmet area. The new owners then decided to commission a complete landscaping project from the duo. Ana Veras It is Bernardo Vieira, partners in the company Pure Beauty Lakes and Gardenswhich represents Genesis Ecossistemas, in Rio de Janeiro.
Such as living room of the house already had exterior facing glass wallsthe customer wanted to have a lush, colorful and fragrant gardenand the feeling of being inside it, even indoors.
In addition, he asked for a hammock to rest in contact with nature, while the youngest daughter asked, as a Christmas present, a small pond with koi, which ended up being expanded and becoming the most valued area of the house. The eldest daughter, however, requested a sand court to play volleyball and footvolleyballwhich are the family’s favorite sports.
In the end, the landscaping project was inspired by tropical gardens, full of low-maintenance native species, with the right to an orchard, vegetable garden, hammock, lawn, lake with white sand beach, pergola built from scratch, shower with deck, covered porch environment and sand sports court.
“The main objective was to transform the external area of the house into a private tropical oasis, not only for contemplation and relaxation but also for the family to use on a daily basis”, summarizes the landscaper Ana Veras.
High point of the project, the artificial lake was built in about two weeks, with the most modern filtration systems.
“We have mechanical, chemical, biological, UV, ozone and biovegetal filtration, where each element of the filter and of the lake plays an important role in the balance of this small ecosystem, formed by natural rocks, river pebbles and special sand, and inhabited by ornamental and functional fish”, explains Bernardo.
“While the ‘alga eaters’ are responsible for controlling the algae on the rocks, the carp have the function of adorning and disturbing the sand at the bottom. But the paulistinhas and guppies swim on the surface ”, he adds.
Regarding plants, we used water lilies, which, in addition to beautifying the water surface with their leaves and flowers, also serve as shelter for fish. On the banks, rotalas, purple yam, pontederia and xanadu make the transition to nearby plants that are out of the water.
With an average height of 6m, the three Foxtail palm trees that delimit the space of the hammock were chosen and planted equidistant, already considering the function they would have in the external area. The three hammocks were produced with PET bottle threads in a coral tone, supplied by Santa Luzia Redes e Alojamento. The pergola and covered porch were decorated with furniture, ornaments, lamps and rugs made from natural materials (such as fiber, wood and cotton), supplied by the Hábito, Casa Ocre, Organne Vasos and Inove Lighting stores.
“As access to the backyard is limited, our biggest challenge in this project was to create a strategy for including the large palm trees in the hammock, as well as the stones from the lake, which were loaded by hand”, concludes landscaper Ana Veras.
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