Webster Street Poolside Garden

Designed in 2023, this Uptown New Orleans pool garden shows how quickly thoughtful planting can create privacy, texture, and a sense of place.

Maintained front garden with clipped hedges and layered plantings framing a New Orleans residence.

Consistent pruning and seasonal care keep the front garden structured, healthy, and welcoming

Webster Street rear property before construction in 2022, with open grass and overgrown vegetation along the perimeter.

Before the pool and garden were created, the rear property was an open grassy space bordered by overgrown vegetation.

Newly installed 2023 planting surrounding a swimming pool and spa at the Webster Street rear garden in Uptown New Orleans.

In 2023, the new planting established the first layers of structure, privacy, and seasonal interest around the pool and terrace.

Residential swimming pool framed by maintained garden beds, mature trees, and a white privacy fence.

Regular care keeps the pool garden composed, inviting, and ready for everyday use.

Newly installed planting and low-voltage landscape lighting beside the pool terrace at the Webster Street garden in 2023.

Young trees and layered planting begin defining the pool terrace while leaving generous space for the garden to mature.

Pruned evergreen trees rising above a mass planting of ligularia along a residential privacy fence.

Thoughtful pruning maintains the trees’ structure while allowing the ligularia below to create a full, continuous ground layer.

Just over three years after installation, the evergreen canopy has filled in to create a private, garden-enclosed setting around the pool and spa.

: Maintained poolside garden with layered evergreen trees, tropical foliage, flowering plants, and a dark privacy fence.

Selective pruning keeps each planting layer distinct while preserving the garden’s softness and privacy.

Thoughtful garden care keeps plantings healthy while allowing pathway lighting to remain visible and effective.

Established Eagleston hollies, bird of paradise, plumbago, and Aztec grass layered beside the pool at the Webster Street garden.

Evergreen structure, broad tropical foliage, and flowering ground layers soften the pool edge and screen the surrounding fence.

Landscape Architect:

Kim Alvarez, BLA

This Before the poolside garden took shape, the Webster Street rear property was largely open grass bordered by overgrown vegetation. Once the new pool and terrace were in place, the challenge was to make them feel connected to the property—not like hardscape dropped into an empty space.

Landscape Images designed and installed the planting in 2023, using layers that would provide immediate structure while leaving room for the garden to mature. Sweetbay magnolia, Eagleston holly, and single-trunk Nellie R. Stevens holly established height and future privacy. Japanese maple and pineapple guava added distinctive form against the evergreen framework.

White and orange bird of paradise brought broader tropical foliage closer to the pool. ‘Shell Pink’ and ‘Shi Shi’ sasanquas, ‘Pink Perfection’ camellia, white Encore azaleas, plumbago, and butterfly ginger introduced flowers and movement through the seasons. Agapanthus, ligularia, Aztec grass, and ground orchids began knitting the lower planting layer together.

By 2026, just over three years later, the garden has developed a completely different presence. Canopies have broadened, the lower layers have filled in, and the once-prominent fence has receded behind the planting. Ongoing maintenance has guided that growth without flattening the character of the garden.

The pool now feels held within the landscape rather than surrounded by newly planted beds.
It is proof that a well-planned garden does not need decades to establish a clear sense of place.

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