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Benedetti Residence
Bold geometries, colors, and textures punctuate this garden near
Malibu where the owner wanted to express his Architectural training
in creating an outdoor entertainment space that retained the rustic
nature of the surrounding environment while playing with fun forms
and textures. You’ll enter this garden through the circuitous
bamboo grove where you’re completely enshrouded and suddenly
you pop out into the main space. Bold colored and textured foliage
play off the arching forms of the stone “amphitheatre”
where friends will gather to watch nighttime movies projected on
the thick dark green hedge or hang out in a sunken “kiva”
seating circle and firepit on weekends. The climate is surprisingly
extreme with occasional freezes in winter and a careful selection
of hardy plants was necessary. Of course, in these pictures, the
garden is very young but you can begin to see the how this garden
will mature into an incredible sculptural statement.
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