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.