Tyler Londono supported in the landscape design for revitalizing a two-acre property overlooking the Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver, Colorado. The sloping site included an underwhelming lawn requiring 2 acre-feet of water each year to maintain, mostly for the use of a flock of Canadian Geese.

The design process was active for two years. The first year focused on creating a series of formalized terraced gardens extending from the Tudor house and pool into the lawn and overlooking the golf course. The second year focused on replacing most of the lawn with a water-saving landscape and displacing the geese.

The client desired to integrate a forced perspective element into the garden and to create a space for extensive and interesting walks with a dragon element. The result is a bold striping of alternating yellow Miscanthus grass panels and ruby red barberry separated by crushed stone paths. The dragon element became a Chinese Red steel ribbon wall. A minimal swath of lawn defined by granite cobbles and Colorado buff limestone blocks and steps created a forced perspective walk with an upper focal point of the home office space and the 11th green of the golf course. The hillside garden’s water use is a third of the previous lawn hillside.

Tyler Londono implemented the Cherry Hills Drive Residence design as a Landscape Designer while at a previous firm.