Tour an Architect’s Spring Garden in Coastal Connecticut

The garden of architect Fred Bland sit around on just over an acre in coastal Stony Creek , Connecticut . Fred ’s approach to designing his garden relied heavily on his experience with design construction . With a solid enough fabric , Fred jazz that his garden could look good in every season . As Fred say , “ The Architectural Designer Me continually duel with the Plant Collector Me , neither one ever win . A balance of the two is rarely achieved in my observation of gardens , but this was my goal : a balance between the unsatiable collector and the incurable architect . ” The general layout seeks to prepare the plant palette and direct your middle advisedly through the space . This was done by utilizing three specific design principles :

axile ARRANGEMENTS.Various parts of the garden are arranged to let for prospicient , uninterrupted sightlines . When stand at a specific center point , you’re able to see clear connections between various garden constituent .

yr - orotund INTEREST.Sharp edges , pit wall , evergreen , and a unique snakelike hedge bestow definition and pastime disregarding of the season . Even in C these elements stand out and give the garden visual appeal .

UNIFYING GATEWAYS.Whether a pair of neatly trimmed box or an pergola covered in rosiness , various subtle gateway are used to signal the transition from one domain of the garden to the next .

Another maneuver of Fred ’s intention mental process was thinking of plants as three unlike type of buildings : abject - slung factories , intermediate - size of it row firm , and tall skyscrapers . Classifying the perennial , Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , and shrubs this way helped determine the planting program . The solvent is a distance that is filled with endless color and texture . “ As it turned out , being an architect in the garden was more of an advantage than a disadvantage , and I ’m pleased to say my eye enthral at the scene from my drafting gameboard every month of the twelvemonth , ” aver Fred . Take a hitch through this space and we ’re sure you ’ll be beguiled as well .

Read about Fred ’s garden inAn Architectural Approach to horticulture

Fred ’s favored morphologic plants

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