LA VENTANA DEL PARAISO
SONORAN GARDENS PHOTO CREDIT
SHELLY ANN ABBOTT, MLA, HAS BEEN AWARDED TWO DISTINGUISHED LANDSCAPE DESIGN AWARDS FOR THIS SPANISH COLONIAL/MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPE. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN TUCSON, AZ, IN THE ENCHANTING NOB HILL NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE OMNI TUCSON NATIONAL RESORT. TWO CUSTOM CANTERA STONE FOUNTAINS SLOW DOWN THE PACE OF LIFE FOR THIS JEWEL OF A GARDEN AS DROPLETTS OF COOL WATER DRIP SLOWLY INTO THE FOUNTAIN POOLS . PATIOS AND WALKWAYS GIVE A TRADITIONAL MEDITERRANEAN FEEL TO THIS COURTYARD AND FRONT LANDSCAPE. THE SPACE IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH ACCENT PLANTS IN WHICH THE OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE COMES ALIVE WITH FABULOUS BLOOMS AND YEAR AROUND BURSTS OF BRIGHT COLOR USING SUSTAINABLE NATIVE PLANTS.