Photo taken from the east portion of the project looking west over White Rock Lake towards downtown Dallas. Designed to have an open view toward over the lake, with a backdrop of the city skyline. The light brown wool mulch areas are gardens for annual vegetables that will be changed throughout the year.

Taken from the same southeast corner, this is a pre-construction photo of the project site showing the non-utilized space. Area was previously used for storage, recycling, and trash.

Picture from center of the project looking north over the old marsh area (future lagoon). This was after it was graded. This became the new home of 9,300 new plants, an artificial creek, and a spacious lagoon with aquatic plants.

Progress photo of the project looking north over the new lagoon. Large 10”-12” trees are being planted. These trees were careful lifted down the gravel road and zig zagged through existing trees and new walls. It’s a good that these trees didn’t wash away in Hurricane Harvey. The nursery flooded, but these trees made it safely through.

Picture of busy a busy job-site the afternoon before a major donor and media event. Other trades finished grading the hillside where the sod was being laid just that morning.

Finished lagoon in early spring, some of trees and perennials are just popping up out of dormancy, but the evergreens, turf and annuals look stunning.

This picture was taken only about 6 months after project completion, but it looks like it might have been there for years. The owner’s preferred spacing is pot to pot. You can also, see a weeping cherry tree on the right. The garden has many fruit trees including pears, apples, figs, peach, apricot, citrus and pomegranates.

This picture is taken in the west end of the lagoon looking north. The design used large hollies to screen the service road and site utilities from view.

The view is from within A Tasteful place looking southeast. They bordered the annual vegetable gardens with a mix of rosemary and annual marigolds. There were many edible and medicinal varieties of ornamentals throughout the garden including rosemary, lavender, sage, oregano, thyme, and mints.

This picture is from the south end of the site looking north towards the main building anchoring this project. It includes a commercial kitchen for demonstrations using food grown in the garden. The slope of the site allows layers of plants and colors to decorate the hillside. This picture was taken after shortly after the project finished in late October.

This picture is from the center of A Tasteful Place looking towards the lake. This has a good view of the vegetable gardens.

View looking through the gardens and towards the show case kitchen.

The mass plantings along the curved paths allow an enjoyable stroll after tasting delicious food.

View of the verdant gardens in the lagoon area.

The plant choices were exceptional. These plants were sourced from all over the United States to showcase a remarkable looking landscape.