Creating a Living Wall & A Patio for Outdoor Living (Ft. Thomas)
AFTER: A cut stone staircase leads to the freshly landscaped side yard. As plants have grown, the new trellis has become a living wall that offers enhanced privacy from close neighbors.
The Challenge
This Ft. Thomas couple’s landscape had been highly disturbed during a home renovation process. Now was the time to turn their yard into what they always wanted.
BEFORE: A stairway led from the house with little direction or inspiration at the bottom.
AFTER: A new sidewalk invites people into the side and backyard and guides them along a pathway featuring low-maintenance native plant. Over time, the trellis will create a living wall that offer privacy from the neighbors.
Their goals included: utilizing low-maintenance native plants, enhancing privacy, negotiating the grade change from the side to back yard, and repurposing an old basketball court on the property.
The Transformation
“John developed an excellent initial design for our outdoor space and showed a lot of flexibility and patience as we worked through more than a few design and material changes. Throughout the process John was professional and enthusiastic, and the final result fulfilled everything we wanted, executed with high quality workmanship and attention to detail. We highly recommend Our Land Organics!” - Brian, Client
We enhanced privacy in the tight side yard using an attractive wooden trellis. A native vine, Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), was planted at the base; over time, it is generating dense growth to create a living wall.
AFTER: A native vine (Virginia creeper) begins to fill out the trellis and create a living wall that enhances privacy.
The plan also considered how to utilize a former basketball concrete pad by incorporating it into a new outdoor living space. A cut stone staircase and the new sidewalk make it easy to navigate the once treacherous hillside.
AFTER: The old basketball court is now a patio that invites family and loved ones into nature.
