Point Grey Road
Modern Family home with a naturalistic meadow style planting on a corner lot. Vancouver.
This striking modern home needed an equally stunning front garden.
Located on the popular Point Grey Rd cycle and walking route, this corner lot’s exposure to wind, salt air, and summer drought shaped both the structure and planting approach.
A naturalistic palette of grasses and perennials forms the foundation, chosen for resilience as much as for movement and seasonal variation. Layers of planting shift through the year — early spring blossom from Amelanchier, followed by a long succession of flowering perennials, seed heads, and autumn colour, creating a highly naturalistic garden that feels active rather than static.
Grasses of varying heights are used to catch and respond to the sea air, bringing constant movement across the site. The planting is deliberately loose and interwoven, allowing species to move and settle over time, while still maintaining an underlying structure.
Beyond its visual impact, the garden is designed to support pollinators and local wildlife, with a focus on habitat creation and drought tolerance. The result is a landscape that feels both robust and dynamic, shaped as much by the conditions as by the design itself.