Sanchez & Maddux: The Civilized Jungle
Sanchez & Maddux residential landscapes from their book, The Civilized Jungle.
The client's orchid collection is attached to the Ylang-Ylang trees. Different species are in bloom throughout the year. (Chilian Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida)
A view across the lily fountain to the loggia. (Everglades Island)
A picket and lattice gate heavily hung with vines of Dutchman's pipe. (Old Harbour, Palm Beach, Florida)
A hexagonal-sided gazebo assumed a powerful profile with heavy columns and a red tiled roof. (Pan's Garden)
The pool terrace is enclosed by thick jungle plantings, including a staggered allee of foxtail palms. (Hammock Lake, Miami, Florida)
Cast-stone steps embedded in the lawn lead from the west allee to the pool garden. The east allee is seen beyond the pool (Hobe Sound, Florida)
The entry driveway is paved in river stone laid in a geometric pattern of circles upon circles. (La Kawama, Florida Keys)
A crinum "Queen Emma"is planted at the edge of the dining room garden. (La Pescadora, Palm Beach, Florida)
A pergola is located at the end of the lap fountain pool. (La Pescadora, Palm Beach, Florida)
The steps lead to the veranda that overlooks the courtyard that connects the pool, the fountain and the jungle garden. The courtyard is paved in broken coquina. (Moorings, Coconut Grove, Florida)
Serpentine boxwood borders line the gravel path that proceeds through the allee of Carpentaria palms toward a vine covered pergola by the swimming pool. (Moorings, Coconut Grove, Florida)
A bluestone walkway defines a parterre. (Highland Park, Dallas, Texas)
A swimming pool surrounded by limestone paving whose edges dissolves into the zoysia lawn.
Along the waterway, arched Ficus nitida frame view of the lake.
Drifts of azaleas, hydrangeas and daylilies surround a bright lawn on Long Island. A rustic bench rests at the berm's edge. (Southampton, New York)
Heavy piers articulate a garden wall.
