Botanical Beauty

“Each vignette features spherical, vertical and spiky elements. This creates visual interest as well as the continuity necessary to make a composition work,” Norris explains. “For me, good landscape design starts at the driveway where it sets the expectation for what’s ahead.” In this instance, a show-stopping organ pipe cactus tucked among smaller but just as dynamic desert plants signals that the magic is about to unfold."

By Nancy Erdmann | Photography by Steve Thompson
Landscape Design by Chad Norris | Installed through Desert Foothills Landscape

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Estancia Home #1

A garden with many different types of plants.
A garden with many different types of cactus.
A large cactus garden with many different plants.
A brick driveway with cactus and bushes in the background.
A desert garden with cacti and bushes in the background.
A desert garden with cacti and other plants.
A desert garden with cacti and other plants.
A house with a cactus and some bushes
A desert landscape with cacti and bushes.
A dirt road with many plants in the middle of it
A garden with cacti and trees in the background.
A desert landscape with cacti and bushes.
A garden with many cacti and rocks
A courtyard with cactus and plants in the middle of it.
A desert garden with cacti and bushes.
A patio with cactus and plants in it
A wooden chair sitting in front of a tree.
A patio with couches and tables in the middle of it
A patio with blue chairs and benches in the middle of a garden.
A night view of the front steps and patio.
A large dining table in the middle of an outdoor patio.
A living room with blue couches and chairs
A patio with chairs and tables in the middle of it
A fire pit in the middle of a garden.
A garden with cacti and bushes in the background.
A patio with chairs and fire pit in the middle of it.
A patio with chairs and tables in it
A patio with chairs and potted plants in the middle of it.
A patio with chairs and tables in the middle of a yard.
A garden with many different plants and trees.
A large tree in the middle of a garden.
A pool and patio area with a jacuzzi.
A patio with a pool and a tree
A patio with chairs and a pool in the background.
A garden with a waterfall and cactus.
A patio with a fire pit and lounge chairs.
A pool with a tree and a bench in the middle of it