Baronne Street | Contemporary Poolside Landscape Design

Clean architectural lines meet layered palms, bold foliage, and seasonal color in an Uptown New Orleans pool garden composed from every view.

Contemporary poolside landscape design in Uptown New Orleans with a stone terrace, seating, and layered greenery

The pool sits within the garden rather than apart from it, framed by deep green planting and a terrace made for settling in.

Poolside lounge chairs surrounded by layered planting in an Uptown New Orleans garden

Comfortable seating and layers of green turn the space beside the pool into an outdoor room of its own.

Curved stone terrace with outdoor seating beside a contemporary pool garden in Uptown New Orleans

The curve of the terrace softens the pool’s straight edge and creates a natural place to sit within the garden.

Elevated terrace with black railing and seating overlooking an Uptown New Orleans pool garden

From the upper terrace, the garden becomes the view—layered greenery framed by clean lines and simple seating.

Two lounge chairs facing a contemporary swimming pool surrounded by layered greenery in Uptown New Orleans

Two chairs, one clear view across the water, and a garden that does the rest.

Pink seasonal flowers and layered foliage beside a contemporary pool garden in Uptown New Orleans

Small moments of color break through the green, giving the pool garden another layer to notice up close.

Poolside lounge chairs beneath palms and layered planting in an Uptown New Orleans garden

Palms, filtered light, and a pair of chairs create the kind of poolside view that asks you to stay awhile

Landscape Architect:

Kim Alvarez, BLA

At this Baronne Street modern pool and contemporary home had already set a strong direction. However, the landscape needed to meet that architecture without making the space feel hard or overly controlled. For this poolside landscape design in Uptown New Orleans, landscape architect Kim Alvarez followed the clean lines already in place. She used planting to soften the edges and shape the views. As a result, the property gained a stronger sense of depth. The goal was not to hide the architecture. It was to make the garden and house feel as though they were designed in the same conversation.

Contemporary Pool Garden Design in Uptown New Orleans

Kim built the landscape design around contrast. Robellini palms and bird of paradise bring height and movement near the pool, while clipped boxwood gives the beds a steady evergreen outline. Below them, ligularia adds broad leaves and a darker green that holds its own against the brighter surfaces surrounding the water. Meanwhile, caladium, torenia, and vinca bring seasonal color into the lower planting layer. Together, those plants keep the garden changing without losing its structure.

From inside the home, palms and foliage frame the pool without closing it off. From the water, layered beds soften the property line and pull the eye back toward the architecture. Repeated plant forms carry the same rhythm around the outdoor space, so no single bed feels disconnected from the rest. The best part? After sunset, low-voltage landscape lighting carries that structure into the evening. Carefully placed fixtures highlight palms, broad foliage, and the pool’s edges, so the garden remains part of the view long after daylight fades.

The final result is a contemporary pool garden with enough structure to feel composed and enough movement to feel alive—one that belongs to the architecture, but never disappears behind it.

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