Built Akmanai, Bashkortostan, Russia
Evenings in a Garden of Scents, Akmanai
Evenings in the gazebo, roses along the walks, and the scent of lavender and thyme coming in through the open windows. For ten years the garden has grown with the family, one bed at a time, across 3,000 m² on a gentle slope.
The place and the brief
The owner wanted a garden that smelled of Provence: roses, lavender, thyme, mint and lemon balm around the house, and a place to sit in it in the evening. The plot slopes gently down from the house, with a long stone wall along the edge.
There was no wish for a rigid master plan. The garden was to be added to as the family lived in it, one composition at a time.
What we decided
We worked in steps, starting from the terrace by the house and the stairs that lead down into the garden. Each new bed began with plants found at the nursery that season and was tied to the paths, the gazebo and the views from the windows.
Roses and aromatic herbs became the heart of the garden: perovskia, lavender, thyme, mint and lemon balm along the walks, so the scent reaches the gazebo and comes into the house through open windows. Pines, junipers and spireas hold the structure in winter.
Ten years on, regular shaping and pruning keep the mature plants in balance.
- Place
- Akmanai, Bashkortostan, Russia
- Year
- 2014
- Photographed
- 2022
- Stage
- Built
- Our part
- Landscape design, planting and the build
- Authorship
- Designed by Alesya Vlasova with the owner; built by our team.
The project in pictures
Photographs
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Photograph The stairs from the terrace down into the garden -
Photograph Roses by the path along the wall -
Photograph The gazebo, the hedges and the paths from above -
Photograph Flowering shrubs and a blue spruce in the mixed border -
Photograph Pine and hostas on the gravel -
Photograph Paved walk between the beds -
Photograph Herbs and perennials against the stone wall -
Photograph A flowering shrub on the lawn -
Photograph Perennials and herbs by the path down to the lawn
