Estate Landscaping
Pool Area Idea

Like most pool areas, the pool area for this large estate landscaping project, was in need of some privacy. So the landscaping around this swimming pool is focused on height and privacy. More on this design below...

This tutorial is part three of the Large Estate Landscaping Idea landscaping lesson.

First of all, this pool area is where it is because the client didn't want to take up his entire backyard landscaping with a swimming pool. However, that put it next to a busy main road. Not much privacy.

Another thing is that the client didn't want a seven foot wall around the pool on the road side. I'm not sure why but that's his choice. So this part of the estate landscaping lesson is about Landscape Planting Ideas.

First, we created a boundary next to the road using Mondale Pines which are very fast growing trees. These are the larger dark plants that you see in the landscaping plans. Then next to the pool we placed a row of Youpon Holly. And while Youpon Holly are slow growing, they are a wonderful character plant. To beat the fact that Youpons are slow growing we used already mature plants. It was more expensive but necessary.

The two larger trees in the grass lawn area are Modesto Ash which are fairly fast growing trees. The small tree in the gravel area is a Mexican Elder. All of these plants combined help to create a screen that makes this estate pool area hard to view from the road.

Even though the pool area won't be used for swimming, the plant selection is still evergreen. This will make it a good area for entertaining even in Winter.

The brown walkway was created to connect the home, pool area, and backyard together for entertaining purposes and the obvious reason that it needed a garden walkway. This area is stamped concrete. You can read more about this in detail at part two of this lesson at Estate Landscaping Backyard Idea.

Other than that, this is all pretty simple. You can view this entire design and the rest of this lesson at Large Estate Landscaping Idea.

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