Outdoor Oasis in
German Village

This private oasis in German Village is intimate enough for reading a book in the quiet - and large enough for big gatherings. Once an empty corner lot, except for the historic house at the street end, it now has needed privacy and the neighborhood has a lovely perimeter landscaping to enjoy.

A row of four umbrella’d lounge chairs line up on the beautiful limestone paving, along side of a blue pool, looking towards a pergola over a dining area
A striped pool chair with a big white umbrella sits in the shallow end of a turquoise-blue pool, backed by a long row of white hydrangea and tall 12 foot tall hornbeam trees
An umbrella’d chair sits on a beautiful limestone patio, by a turquoise-blue pool next to a tall hornbeam hedge

Greens and whites are the plant color scheme in this garden, designed by Jacobs Grant Design ltd - color comes from planter pots spilling over with annuals placed throughout the landscape.

Wood lounge chairs line the pool on the beautiful limestone patio, overlooked by a raised sitting area at the house

This pergola was designed by Jacobs Grant Design ltd to connect the driveway to the house without feeling like it was cutting the patio space into pieces. Instead it is a unifying element, tying all of the outdoor spaces together.

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A backdrop of arborvitae, along with the wood pergola above it, make the outdoor dining area more intimate
A stylish wood and iron table sit at one end of the home’s covered sitting porch
Four modern wicker chairs sit cozily around a round table on the home’s covered sitting porch which overlooks the pool area
At one end of the sitting porch, a large opening in the brick wall opens the view towards a tall red beech tree hedge
This iron gate into the backyard oasis from the public sidewalk give only a small glimpse into the private backyard space
At one end of the backyard oasis space sits a nice large area that comfortably fits a ping pong table and two big chairs to view the game – all on a beautiful crushed-stone paving
Two big modern wicker chairs sit on crushed stone paving – a perfect place to watch the patio activities from
A row of perfectly-shaped round boxwoods line up along the edge of the raised sitting porch
With the large expanse of a combination of limestone paving and crushed stone, planting has been brought into the middle of the space by planting small round boxwoods right into the gravel paving
Between the red-brick house wall and the pergola’d walkway a little herb garden overflows with beautiful greenery and fragrances
Green vines grow up one of the posts of a long pergola that extends through the patio, bringing needed green into the garden
A long narrow pergola slices through the middle of the backyard oasis, connecting the house and the driveway, but becoming part of the garden oasis, not just a connector
Three modern wood & twine lounge chairs orient towards the pool, while the raised sitting area overlooks from behind

An eye for detail makes all the difference.

Along a long side of the pool and garden sits a triple layer of greens – a rounded boxwood at the front, a white hydrangea in the middle row, and a tall hornbeam green at the back
Sitting on the crushed stone path under a long stretch of pergola are two chairs. A white curtain drapes in the distance from the far end of the pergola
From the all-brick driveway, the view towards the house is covered by a long pergola with blue sky overhead

Located in the center of the Columbus Metro area, this garden is the center of calm for this family. The design process with Jacobs Grant Design ltd included a detailed discussion about what the family needed, including that the space needed to flow as a whole but for each ‘room’ to have its own feel and coziness. From the inside of the house there is always an open invitation to come outside.

The major home renovation architect was designed by William Hugus Architects Ltd.

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A line drawing showing the property house and layout with planting of the pool and patio area
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