Trabold Residence

Client: Private homeowner

Location: Vail, CO

Scope: Landscape Architecture and Outdoor Living Enhancement

Challenge: Redesign both the indoor and outdoor landscape connection to complement new architectural features while embracing the Colorado mountain lifestyle and maximizing natural light integration into the interior spaces.

Solution:

• Native Planting Scheme: Focused on seasonal, native plantings to provide color year-round and celebrate the Colorado mountain lifestyle.

• Redesigned Retaining Wall Tiers and Entry Courtyard: Revamped the three-tiered retaining walls and the native Colorado plantings between them.

• Sunken Garden Design: Worked with the architect to create a sunken garden at the new entry of the home and was also visible from the interior, enhancing natural light and living design.

• Expanded Rear Patio: Extended the patio for observing Gore Creek and the Gore Mountains, adding glass guardrails for unobstructed views and a fire pit for entertainment and selected plants for built-in plant containers.

• Lower Patio as Softscape: Transformed the lower patio into a softscape with Scottish moss, turf, thyme, and natural boulders, creating a tranquil, passive recreation focused space.

• Stream Access and Wildflower Meadow: Provided access to the stream and established a natural wildflower meadow in the back steep areas, enhancing the natural beauty of the landscape.

• Paving Selection - Driveway and entry courtyard paver selection.

• Native Planting Focus - Selected native plants to be placed in the mountain environment to enhance the mountain living experience.

Result: A successful landscape redesign that seamlessly integrates with the new architectural features, maximizes natural light, and embraces the Colorado natural environment. The project reflects a collaborative effort to meet the client's needs and desires, creating inviting outdoor spaces for relaxation, entertainment, and connection to nature.