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TRUEFORM creates vibrant backyard with native desert plants

TRUEFORM Landscape Architects creates vibrant backyard in Tempe, AZ with native desert plants containing cactus, yucca, agave and succulents.
TRUEFORM creates backyard with native desert plants around in ground swimming pool.

TRUEFORM Landscape Architects creates a modest backyard with diverse native desert plants in a city known for its vibrant culture, outdoor activities, and a thriving urban environment.

TRUEFORM Landscape Architects include native desert plants near weathered metal pergola.
Project by TRUEFORM Landscape Architects. Photography by Caitlin Atkinson.

This private small-scale residential backyard in a modest Tempe, Arizona neighborhood measures a mere 4,000 square feet yet still boasts a number of outdoor living features.

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TRUEFORM Landscape Architects include native desert plants near weathered corten panels.
Project by TRUEFORM Landscape Architects. Photography by Caitlin Atkinson.

These features include a small swimming pool, sunken seating area with adjustable shade structure, fire feature, master suite seating garden, outdoor shower, and vibrant gardens with native desert plants. 

TRUEFORM Landscape Architects include native desert plants near repurposed pool dive board painted in vibrant teal blue.
Project by TRUEFORM Landscape Architects. Photography by Caitlin Atkinson.

A diving board salvaged from the previously over-scaled and demolished pool is painted and stood on end as an artful nod to the past, nestled among native desert plants such as various yucca and cactus species. 

TRUEFORM Landscape Architects include native desert plants around outdoor shower.
TRUEFORM Landscape Architects include native desert plants in concrete planters.
TRUEFORM Landscape Architects include native desert plants around firepit and sunken pool.
Project by TRUEFORM Landscape Architects. Photography by Caitlin Atkinson.

The homeowner’s affection for the Sonoran Desert is exhibited in a broadly diverse collection of native desert plants of cactus, yucca, agave, succulents, shade trees, and understory.

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TRUEFORM Landscape Architects include native desert plants around firepit and sunken pool.
Project by TRUEFORM Landscape Architects. Photography by Caitlin Atkinson.

Landscape Architect: TRUEFORM Landscape Architects

Photography: Caitlin Atkinson

Landscape Contractor: Julio Taboada with Desert Coyote

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