Classic Gardens Portfolio
1983 to 2006

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 Lombardy Estate
 Pasadena, California 1983:



This Classic Country Estate is located in an unincorporated area of Pasadena boarding San Marino and was originally built in the early 1930’s. The residence was influenced by Southern Colonial Architectural design elements like those found in the American Deep South.

The estate has sweeping views looking up towards the San Gabriel Mountain Range. In 1983 Glen Hampton garden designs was contacted by the Pasadena Showcase House of Design and asked to restore the existing swimming pool which was in bad repair.

Landscape Designer Glen Hampton ended up placing an entirely new pool inside of the old pool shell; installed brick decking; custom made waterline tile with “Xanadu” strip lighting to add drama (an affect relatively unheard of in 1983); placed a tiled medallion on the floor of the pool, depicting the wild green parrots that roam the area; added a classic columned gazebo - pergola with black and white tiled paving, which matched the columned portico entrance to the residence; a tiered sandstone fountain; installed garden lighting; and brought in numerous colorful orchids and perennials to complete the pool restoration and classic gardens design.

This garden was featured in LA Times Home Magazine - 1983




Residence One                                                                Residence Two











Neo-Classical Residences Beverly Hills, California 1985:

In the mid nineteen eighties a series of newly planned residential communities were developed along the Mulholland Corridor. The sites located within these gated communities commanded sweeping views of the San Fernando Valley to the north and the Los Angeles Basin to the south.

Abramson Teiger Architects was commissioned to design two new residences in the Neo-Classical Style which was popular at that time. Glen Hampton garden designs was contracted to design the gardens.

The challenge was that the residences and gardens were commissioned by two friends who wanted their homes and gardens designs to be constructed and completed on or around the same date. Landscape Designer Glen Hamptons' designs for these gardens were influenced by the clean classic lines of Mr. Abramson’s architecture.

This was achieved by creating spacious garden terraces made of limestone, which spread out into the garden from simplistic rectangular swimming pools; Keeping plant materials to a minimum in formal patterns dominated by vast lawns; and creating soft but effective low level lighting which enhanced rather than compete with the spectacular night views of the valleys below.

The results are one of classic harmony between the architecture and the classic gardens designs of both residences.









 French Château
 Pasadena, California 1989:



This Classic Estate was originally constructed in the late seventies in an old established upscale neighborhood located just north of the Huntington Library. The original owners attempted to create a residence in the French Style. Unfortunately what they ended up with was something resembling a stucco box more in the style of a sixties apartment complex.

In the late 1980’s Glen Hampton garden designs received a distress call from the new owners wanting to know what could be done to make their new home more elegant. As luck would have it Landscape Designer Glen Hampton, although a Landscape Professional, had started his education as a building Architect and in fact had remodeled a couple of homes, along with their gardens, for previous clients.

Glen was able to salvage the existing structure by, adding pre-cast concrete components to the existing façade and limestone paving to the existing interior pool courtyard; developing a garden design which incorporated a gated motor court entrance with classic fountain; and turning an unused carport into a pool house transitioning through a small dining garden to a tented tennis pavilion. The result is a California version of a French Château set within it's formal classic gardens.









 Tea Garden
 Pasadena, California 1990:



This Estate is located on the East bank of the Arroyo Seco just up the hill from Pasadena’s World Famous Rose Bowl. The residence was originally built in the late 1920’s.

In the early Nineties Glen Hampton garden designs was contacted by the Pasadena Showcase House of Design and asked to restore the existing west facing portico terrace garden. Landscape Designer Glen Hampton had recently purchased a couple of British Raj Colonial Planters Chairs from a local antique shop.

Inspired by their graceful lines he set out to create a Classic Tea Garden. Glen restored the columned terrace to its original splendor; added a bronze fountain; Chippendale style wood planter boxes; installed garden lighting; and brought in numerous colorful perennials. The portico terrace is set with a silver tea service ready for Afternoon Tea Time in the newly restored tea garden.

This garden was featured in Southern Cal Home & Garden Magazine - 1990









 French Regency Estate
 San Marino, California 2006:



William Hefner Architects created this Classic French Regency Residence in 2004 to replace an existing demolished residence. The estate is located in an old established neighborhood adjacent to the Huntington Library. In late 2005 Glen Hampton garden designs was contracted to complete the gardens.

The garden reflects the French Garden style created at Château Vaux le Vicomte in 1661, the inspiration for the gardens at Versailles for King Louis XIV. The garden design incorporates a central axis entrance walkway that leads across a gravel motor court to a raised terrace and entry portal. The rear garden is entered through a Veranda created in the style of the Orangery at Versailles accented with twelve foot tall Eugenia spirals in formal planters.

The pool set into the lawn runs parallel to the residence much like the Grand Canal at Vicomte. A wall fountain and trellis-works adorn the walls of the carriage-house and pool-pavilion. A grand staircase leads from the pool to the upper terrace framed by Juniper spirals set in formal planters. The upper terrace takes on a less formal woodsy feeling with a California Live Oak creating and umbrella over the whimsical garden chess set.

The garden design plantings, primarily white and green, deviate from the French garden style, while borrowing from the English garden style created in Vita Sackville-West’s garden at Sissinghurst, England. All of these garden designs elements combine to make up the formal classic gardens of this French Regency Residence.

We apologize for any of our Clients gardens that were omitted. Unfortunately, after three decades some of Our Project Photos Library and Client Contact Information has been lost.

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