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River Oaks IV

Layer upon layer upon layer of interest in this garden and that is what keeps the eye interested.  The more you look at something the more you see.  
So here is something very special from DMGE to some great folks.

A Gardeners Journal

This densely planted garden is located in the Houston Heights district and is, for this homeowner with a passion for gardening, a work in progress and is ever changing.  The style is park-like-wildlife-habitat and features no grass, many varieties of both shade and flowering trees, a water feature (reliable source of water is critical for the wildlife), many fragrant plants, perennials and annuals.   A circular terrace constructed of dove grey field stone is the main terrace for entertaining.  The entire garden lines up with the central axis of the house and main living areas for an incredible view from inside.  Every window of the house affords lush, green views. Music is piped into the garden from the house audio system and can be enjoyed from all areas of the garden.  The house was purchased by the homeowner in 1997 and immediately the garden transformation began.  The Before (1997) and during photos of this cottage style bungalow are here for your review and enjoyment.  These gardens are a great source of joy for the homeowner and has been published no less than a dozen times in various publications.  To see which visit DMGE.com.

Latest & Greatest Drawings

A pool pavilion that has all of the bells and whistles
David Morello

3D Architectural Renderings

Smith and Hawken

I don't want to say, because it sounds like an over-used cliche, that this garden launched us into space but it did.  The amount of attention that we received from the public as well as from our peers made this one of the most rewarding projects we have ever worked on.  From this garden, we got Ouisies and the Cotton Club and on and on and on.  During our run, it's safe to say that we planted every type of annual flower known to grow in Houston and we loved every minute of it.  

Birdsall Briscoe Classic

Well-known Texas architect Birdsall Briscoe's Southern mansion is indeed a classic.  4th in a series of the garden projects we designed, built, and care for to this day for this particularly wonderful patron.  We consider it a privilege and honor.  

West University Place

This garden is the result of two properties joined together to make one very special home and garden that is quite the happy place for butterflies, bees, birds, other wildlife, and humans alike.  Enjoy a moment viewing the drawings as well as the before and after images.  Too, you will find many along the way vignette images.   

3D Perspective Drawings

The power of visualization.  It can never be said that we are anything but prolific.  This gallery demonstrates our creativity.  Quite the useful tool for both designer and client alike are the computer aided (CAD) drawings.  The most effective way to quickly convey the dream up close and in differing views, angles, seasons, times of day and renditions.  Available as an option as part of the design phase.  Wouldn't you like to see your new garden in this gallery?  

3D Perspective Drawings & Illustrations

Drawings & Illustrations

Various 3D concept drawings, before photos, during construction photos and progress photos, and finally the after images.  They are all here in this gallery which is a delightful project to be associated with.
This project sent us to the Garden State.  It has a distinct sense of place and feels very special when you are there.  It's a large site and the garden is situated to take full advantage of both the sunrise and sunset.  It's resort-like and the style is traditional.  It boasts a swimming pool, water feature, and infinity edge spa, a pavilion with outdoor kitchen, television, seating for 12, bathroom and lots of storage, a fire pit, and travertine flooring surrounded by lush gardens and a forest backdrop.
Construction is ongoing meaning it's a work in progress.

New Jersey Residence

Illustrative Garden Plans

The Illustrative Plan 
From expansive and formal luxury estates and gardens to informal and playful cottage style bungalows and gardens plus everything in between, that is what you will see in this artistic and colorful gallery.  The majority are drawn and rendered by hand and some are computer generated.  Try to tell the difference.  This collection of Illustrative plans demonstrate how broadly we are able to paint the canvas.  Each meticulously drawn plan is uniquely custom to the site, the architecture of the home and the client's individual tastes and wishes.  Listen, observe and offer solutions, it's what we do best.

Master Site Plan Drawings

Concept Drawings Which Didn't Make the Cut

Here is a collection of concept drawings.   They are schematics and are often presented along the way in the design process to illustrate our differing concept ideas.  Sometimes we nail it, sometimes we revise it but always find out what the client wants and then we give them lots of it.  The secret to success.  


River Oaks III

This medium-sized back garden turned into an outdoor living room is an extension of the interior living space.  

Montrose Construction Journal

This garden completed in 2021.  
In this photo gallery, we will explore the entire process.  In other words, the before, the during, and the after construction and every step along the way.  This will give you a great idea about what is involved in a successful garden construction project.  Return often to watch the step-by-step progress and enjoy the attention to detail. 

Spirit of Summer

Southampton 
This garden, minutes from Downtown and Rice University, is a real jewel.  Features of this garden include a swimming pool with limestone coping and a water feature, an outdoor kitchen, television, custom arbor with Chinese wisteria, travertine flooring and a lush garden with a privacy wall of holly trees.  Nestled in a small space, this garden proves that good things come in small packages.  It's a work in progress and is being constructed in phases.

Meticulously Crafted - Before, During & After

The gardens for this River Oaks English Manor style home were completed in 2011 and features antique brick flooring surfaces with garden paths throughout for ease of access and for viewing the gardens.  Here you see the plan drawings, the before, during, and after photos which punctuate the inherent privacy and are a testament to the care it receives.  A photo essay highlighting the entire construction process can be viewed at Facebook.com/DavidMorelloGardenEnterprises.

Miscellaneous Gardens and Pretty Things

Here are some of our favorite small garden projects and things of fascination, beauty and wonder.  Each and everything interesting in it's own rite.  Here is where the happy, healthy and well cared for gardens exist.  It's the Art and the Science of the garden at work and it is that which sets us apart from the rest of the pack.  


Show Stoppers

Modern Living

A modern-style architectural townhouse and garden on a corner lot.  

In the Grand Manner

An Italian style estate in Houston, Texas. This home features expansive gardens, wrought iron fencing, antique limestone paving, a swimming pool pool, a spa, and lush gardens with relaxing shade, rose gardens, blooming shrubs and flowering trees.  

Mediterranean Chic

This Memorial area garden is one of 6 gardens we designed, built and maintained for the same wonderful patron  The private Italian style home, for a well know Houstonian,  features a gracefully winding driveway constructed of all natural materials, a swimming pool and spa, ironwood decking, an outdoor kitchen, private courtyard with flagstone flooring and garden paths, not to mention many blooming trees, stately magnolias, blooming shrubs and perennials and lush ground covers of all types.  

Warm Welcome

Mediterranean Style Home and Gardens

Completed in the early 2000's, this Mediterranean style resort estate and gardens, in Houston, Texas, has it all.  Including expansive, formally styled and planted Italian gardens, a beautifully planted cutting garden, 8 very large and majestic queen palms, an outdoor kitchen, a large swimming pool and spa, a pool house, Quartzite paving, flagstone garden pathways, brick column pergola and a garden folly as well as lush gardens with relaxing shade and blooming shrubs, roses and many large shade and flowering trees.


Estate of Grace

On Buffalo Bayou

Outdoor Garden Art Gallery and Living Space

For this client we had the ideal space for a beautiful garden and we designed + built + care for one that will complement their collection of art and objects of art.  Both inside and outside are seamlessly tied together.  It's small but a real gem of a garden for a jewel of a client.  

Outdoor Art Gallery, Garden and Living Space

A Garden Room Unlike any Other

Completed mid 2000, this Museum District contemporary home in Houston, Texas, features a private outdoor garden room, perfect for entertaining, with a swimming pool, a spa, a raised iron pergola, both covered and draped in canvas for drama, cut flagstone paving, relaxing semi tropical gardens, many small evergreen trees, blooming shrubs, flowers large stately oak trees and flowering trees.


A Higher Level

Hill Country Appeal

A very special garden made for very special people and cared for by a team of very special professionals.  Here witness the very special labor of love.  

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Three doors down from my home and garden these very long-time clients are a joy to work with and for.  

Heights Modern

This recently completed garden, in The Houston Heights neighborhood, is all about being eclectic.  Geometry, color and total privacy are featured along with a swimming pool, an allee of meticulously pruned Holly trees and a screened porch off the master bedroom.  Viewed from the master bath is another lushly planted small garden with all things fragrant and green and exotic.  

Pure Geometry

Northern California Charm

Flight of Fancy

West University

A simple but sophisticated garden for our very long time wonderful client.

West University Charm

Single Family Dwelling in Highland Village

Clients since 2000 and this garden is a gem that has seen a few changes.  It's a jewel of a garden for a flower lover and we delight in designing, building, and caring for this garden.  

Contemporary Under Construction (Before, During and After)

Before, During, and After in West University Place, Houston
David Morello

Thoroughly Modern  (Before, During and After)

River Oaks V

This is the fifth in a series of gardens that we made for this client.  I guess we are doing something right.  Next-level customer service is only the beginning.  

Italian Renaissance Style Home and Gardens

Completed in early 2000's and located in Hedwig Village,  this Italian Renaissance style home and gardens was built for a master gardener and family.  It features a plethora of trees both shade and flowering and densely planted gardens in an informal style and with curvilinear lines.  Although we did not design the pool at DMGE, it was our goal to design the gardens as if everything was drawn by the same hand.  Here judge for yourself and let us know what you think.  

Italian Renaissance Architecture

Modern Harmony

Heights Pocket Garden

A pie shaped side yard presented more than a little challenge but as you can see in this gallery, we pulled it off.  Elements that make this garden room special are of course the swimming pool, the custom pergola an al fresco dining area, a safe and secure place for the young ones to play and a holly privacy wall.  

West University Wow

West University Before and After

The Children Upfront and Center Stage

This garden was designed for a young family and the outdoor playset takes center stage.  However, we designed it so that a future swimming pool could be added without too much fuss.  So for now, the children are the focal point as they should be, and what a lovely playroom.  

Townhouse Pocket Garden

Townhouse Pocket Garden Folly

Miscellaneous Garden Gems

These gardens gems are located in finer neighborhoods everywhere.  

Perfect Patina

A delightful garden for a real plant lover with a great eye and impeccable taste.

Before and After

Italian Formal

The 4th project for this well known Houstonian.  Small in scale compared to the others, this garden features a swimming pool and water feature, an arbor, a putting green and a very impressive custom fence constructed of stucco and iron wood.  4 antique olive vessels double as containers which frame the pool and the flooring is travertine. 

Comfort and Joy Italian Style

River Oaks

Bunker Hill Village

4 of 6 gardens for this wonderful client.  


The Garden Is Center Stage

Adapted and Revised

A townhome garden renovation.  This garden has it all.  

Tiny Town-house Garden

Memorial

What intrigued me most on the first visit was that the front door was actually on the side.  I was smitten and this is the garden that followed.  

River Oaks II

Memorial III

Heights Garden

Victorian Charm

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