The area of the property prior to renovation included an unusable sloping lawn. Inspired by the client’s love of French gardens, this newly created outdoor space provides a place for outdoor entertaining, as well as a beautiful garden scene viewed from the dining room of the home. The garden is well used and much loved.
We spent a year together planning the garden—visiting gardens, attending lectures on French gardens, and sharing images of gardens in books and on-line.
The lawn was leveled with terraced granite walls, which surround the new garden room.A French -themed planting of trimmed boxwoods in a bed of wild perennialsSeveral concept plans were prepared for the garden.An arbor was designed over the newly renovated stone sitting terrace.
The fountain was designed with an agrarian theme. A simple copper spout emits a stream of water into a fountain basin below.The finished garden and lawn terrace is now well-used as an outdoor room. A hedge of European Hornbeam was planted along the street to provide year-round privacy.
