After falling in love with an English garden at Lillianfels Resort and Spa in Australia, Debe and Lou Terhar decided to bring it home to Cincinnati, landscaping their West Side home to echo the resort’s garden. (To see “before” photos and the original resort garden, click here.)
After conferring with Will Seiler and months of landscape design and construction, their home now overlooks a timeless and formal space, just steps away from their pool. Benches and chairs allow them to sit and enjoy the garden. With the project complete, the couple asked Seiler’s to update their front yard landscaping as well.
Order and Symmetry
Wrought iron trellises form archways that lead into the garden. The trellises in the Australian garden were covered with white roses. For Cincinnati landscaping, the Terhars will have white clematis twining around their arches.
A large fountain is the centerpiece of the classically symmetrical garden. The fountain was handcrafted locally by Renaissance Garden Ornament.
Flagstone paths lead to gravel-lined walkways that meet in a circular pattern around the garden beds filled with boxwoods and ornamental trees.
In the front of the home, a circular bed echoes the English garden in the backyard and complements the Georgian style of the Terhars’ home.
David Hupman, general manager of Seiler’s Landscaping, worked closely with the Terhars to create the front yard landscaping. In the center of the front bed, gravel paths lead to a planter bowl on a pedestal that contains a shaped topiary.
As the garden continues to fill in, hydrangeas and other white flowers, Korean lilacs and coral bells all will bloom as a beautiful reminder of a favorite vacation spot.
Cincinnati Landscaping Dream to Reality
Inspiration for your yard can come from something in your neighborhood or from a place halfway around the world. If you’d like to transform your Cincinnati Landscaping, we would be happy to schedule a no-obligation consultation.