Green Shaded Garden with a Private Pool This design idea expands outdoor living by pairing a peaceful garden with a private swimming pool. The layout creates a calm retreat where you can relax at any time.
The pool area offers full privacy, making it ideal for family use or quiet moments alone. Surrounding plants provide natural shade, keeping the space cool and inviting.
Layers of greenery bring softness and life to every corner. The trees, shrubs, and ground covers work together to maintain a refreshing atmosphere throughout the day.
This garden blends function and beauty, turning your yard into a private oasis. It encourages you to step outside, enjoy the pool, and feel at ease in a serene green setting.
The garden of this house follows the Classic Axis Garden concept. It highlights the main building’s elegance and ensures it stands out. We arranged the garden with symmetry and a main axis. Additional elements emphasize the visual axis and guide visitors’ eyes toward the house’s center.
Rear Courtyard
From the interior, the courtyard features a white classical fountain. A circular plaza surrounds the fountain. Trimmed hedges and flowering plants add freshness. On the sides, a paved area connects directly to the house. Low shrubs enhance the view. A steel trellis aligns with the architecture. The homeowners can place outdoor sofas or furniture here. This area creates a relaxing garden corner.
House Connection
We added tiled exterior stairs to link the house with the garden. Both sides feature trimmed hedges and tree clusters. They enhance the rear view and create a beautiful balance.
Front Garden and Swimming Pool
The front garden highlights the axis extending from the house. The swimming pool acts as the main focal point. A glass-roofed archway frames the pool. A paved plaza leads to the entrance. At the center, a decorative planter reinforces symmetry. Both sides have symmetrical hedges and soft pink flowers. Norfolk Island pines enhance the front view.
Olive Tree Feature
A raised lawn emphasizes the olive tree. We positioned it to be visible from the front and pool areas. The Hojiblanca olive, pruned in bonsai style, adds charm to the front garden.
Pergola Seating Area
The pergola creates a spacious lounge. It accommodates guests comfortably. Patterned hedges and planters enhance the view. The pergola has classical beams and an acrylic roof for rain and sun protection. Round columns match the house materials for visual continuity.
Drop-off and Pavilion
The drop-off hall features conifers and trimmed hedges. These plants add elegance to the entrance. On the opposite side, a white classical dome pavilion serves as another seating area. It connects directly to the house. Decorative date palms surround it. Their varying heights create a layered, grand look.
Thai House Garden
The Thai house garden enriches greenery around the heritage structure. At the front, a variegated tamarind and ornamental shrubs frame the space. We converted an unused pond into a planting bed with cream-toned travertine stone. An original ceramic jar remains as a focal point. Shade-tolerant shrubs and groundcovers enhance depth and texture in the courtyard.
This garden serves as the main visual atmosphere around the home. The design concept began with the desire to create a garden space that brings freshness through lush greenery, offering a relaxing and refreshing view for the homeowner every time they leave for or return from the factory—both in the morning and evening. The design emphasizes easy maintenance and a seamless connection with the new house.
The first area is the front garden, featuring a walkway that connects the house to the factory space. The path loops around the house and uses two materials: outdoor cream-toned tiles for a unified look and a patterned combination of block paving and stepping stones interspersed with lawn to create a dynamic yet natural rhythm.
In the front yard, two main trees define the area. A Mak Mai tree (mangmee) is planted near the high glass hall, serving as the main feature tree next to the koi pond. A Pud Kulap tree (rose gardenia) lines the garden walkway, with its branches gracefully leaning along the path to create harmony.
The garden gate separates the home’s garden from the factory zone. The gate is made from painted fiber cement wood in a warm brown tone, combined with slim vertical iron slats to keep the design light and airy without feeling too enclosed.
The backyard garden is the main area where the family gathers. It features a swimming pool as the focal point. The landscape is designed to be visually connected to the indoor space through glass panels and links with a grass court surrounding the pool, framed by large trees. A set of steps and a pathway connects the garden level for easy access. Materials are chosen to match the house’s tones—creams, browns, and a touch of gray—to ensure visual continuity.
Before & After – Koi Pond Corner: The original koi pond, where the homeowner enjoys feeding the fish in the morning, was previously paired with a non-functional waterfall. The owner requested a renovation to bring it back to life and integrate it with the new garden design. The team redesigned it with a more modern water feature using a wood-patterned tile finish to maintain a natural feel. The pond edge and the old filter terrace were upgraded with synthetic wood and access panels for maintenance underneath—blending functionality with long-lasting beauty.
This home’s garden area connects two houses within the village project, thus creating easy access between them. Therefore, we designed a Modern English garden that highlights a black-and-white color scheme as the garden’s signature look. Moreover, this design unifies the overall aesthetic of the space.
Garden Area near the Right House
The garden space near the right house features a living room extension built by the homeowner. This extension not only adds functional space for relaxing but also allows hosting parties within the garden. Furthermore, the design team created a focal point in front of the extension by installing a white English-style fountain. This feature adds both visual interest and soft background water sounds to the seating area.
In addition, the garden corner in front was planted with olive trees on the side so that they remain visible from the living room. Surrounding the courtyard, the design incorporates trimmed shrubs alternated with flowering bushes to enhance the front view. As a result, the garden offers a balanced and inviting atmosphere.
Inner Garden Area and Plant Selection
Inside the garden, we selected a money tree as the centerpiece to provide shade. The money tree features an attractive form and sheds few leaves, making it a popular choice. We trimmed it to form a round canopy, which harmonizes with the garden’s interior perspective.
Since the homeowner favors English-style gardens with pastel-colored flowers, the team planted a diverse mix of plants around the courtyard. These include fragrant pine, dwarf neon shrubs, Trichosanthes, Marguerite daisies, variegated Pilangkasa, fog flower, dwarf yitho, Pagakrong, Taiwan neon, and Donya. Moreover, to define the flower beds clearly, we planted Hak Kian tea bushes as low hedges.
Along the fence adjacent to the street, we planted an Indo ficus hedge to block views and ensure privacy. Consequently, the garden remains secluded from passersby.
Garden Pathway and Seating Area
The garden pathway features cream-colored tiles combined with small black tiles arranged in a herringbone pattern, bordered with black tiles. This pattern allows smooth walking throughout the garden.
At the pathway’s end, we placed a white birdbath fountain to serve as a visual focal point. Nearby, the team designed a seating area with a black metal trellis structure for climbing plants. The trellis curves and vertical lines complement the adjacent extension. Inside, the space allows for placing a garden bench, offering another cozy spot for relaxation.
Surroundings of the Fountain
We chose cobblestone material with a smooth surface for the area around the fountain. The stones are laid in an alternating pattern to facilitate walking and emphasize the fountain space.
Garden Separation Between Houses
Originally a service area for both houses, the garden space between them now features a gate designed to block views from the front. Behind the gate lies the laundry and drying area.
The gate design is solid with black metal slats, detailed with decorative trims that visually link with the house’s rear roof. The gate’s side trellis supports climbing plants that will become flower arches in the future. In addition, the team planted blue sky vine to soften the gate’s look.
In front of both sides of the gate, raised planters covered with fiber cement boards house shrubs that enhance the entrance to the gate arches.
Central Courtyard Area
The courtyard between the houses features tiled flooring that connects the two spaces and serves as an outdoor dining and party area. The floor uses the same materials as the pathways but adds narrow black tile borders.
At the front fence corner, rose myrtle shrubs with spreading branches help screen the view from outside. Furthermore, tall black urn-shaped pots stand next to the front pillars, enhancing the area.
Front Yard and Lighting
The front yard features tiled flooring consistent with other garden areas, allowing easy access between the house and garden. Moreover, bollard lamps provide soft lighting to the front yard during the night.
Left House Garden Area
The garden on the left side is smaller. The homeowner requested a front seating area with an enhanced view. Specifically, the front yard features a black-tone fountain made from black stone-patterned tiles and a ready-made water basin. This setup is easy to maintain and matches the view from the entrance hall, creating a soothing ambiance near the nearby seating area.
Front Seating Area and Decorations
The front seating area has tiled flooring designed to hold an outdoor table set. The surrounding area is decorated with black Bali stones, emphasizing the floor’s prominence.
Garden Lighting
The lighting matches the garden style. Along pathways, short bollard lamps allow safe walking at night. Additionally, spotlights illuminate trees and shrubs, highlighting the garden’s beauty and creating a cozy nighttime atmosphere.
A professional landscape architect led the garden design and extended the living room. The goal was to create more usable space for the family to spend time together on weekends. The team created an open yard in front of the living room as a playful area for children, and added a raised planter with an olive tree that serves as a visual focal point at the front of the house. They also designed a cozy seating area, while surrounding the space with greenery in soft tones of green, white, and gray, complemented by pops of purple flowers — all working together to create a refreshing garden atmosphere every time the space is used.
“SHADE OF NATURE” The landscape architect designed this garden to be a central space that connects the home’s activities and views. The tall glass rooms surround the courtyard, drawing focus to the garden in the center. Smaller garden areas appear throughout, aligned with the views from different rooms.
The design follows the concept “SHADE OF NATURE.” It uses freeform lines inspired by the shadows of large trees to soften the hard edges of the building. These shapes also help link different outdoor zones together.
The team placed key trees in important sightlines to add shade and calm the space. Below them, they arranged mounds of shrubs and ground covers. Lines of gravel and natural stones make the garden feel open and cohesive.
A small patio near the terrace offers a peaceful place to relax. It’s where the mother can sit and watch the kids play, making outdoor time more enjoyable for the whole family.
