Gardiner Meadows

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View to the driveway, invisible because of the hill of Perovskia
Mown path through the flowering meadow, with young pine trees for winter interest and winter screening
A 'wild' border framing the lawn, with flowering meadows in the distance
Close up of Rogosa Roses in Autumn around beautiful stone drainage dry wells
Framing the house -Miscanthus grasses and red-leafed Rosa Glauca (Rubrifolia) in the foreground with the mass of Perovskia in the background
View from the front door - delicate grasses, a blue haze of Perovsckia, lawns and flowering meadow in the distance.
View from the front door to the guesthouse, separated by Miscanthus grasses and Roses
Close-up of Macleaya cordata with Miscanthus grasses. A contrast in textures.
Site plan showing the driveway through flowering and orchard trees; meadows; screening plants and plantings to frame the house without competing with it.
This is the view from the parking area: Climbing Hydrangeas, used as a groundcover on a rock wall that the owner thought had always been there. But we built it! Then planted it. And a few years later, this is the result

This was a property that didn’t need to be improved, only refined. When we saw the site, we gave ourselves the assignment to enhance its natural beauty, not alter it.

Once the new house in upstate New York was sited and designed, by John Gillis/Architects, we were asked to landscape approximately two acres surrounding the house. We lined the driveway with flowering and orchard trees for the effect of arriving by driving through an orchard. We planted flowering meadows...built a 75 foot long rock wall defining the parking area, to be covered with masses of climbing Hydrangeas...planted a 60 foot long berm with a haze of blue Perovskia. The theme of all the plantings was motion; we used masses of plants to move the eye as one moves around the property. No complex planting patterns. Everything fitting the grand scale of the rises and falls of the lan.

And the highest compliment we received came from our client, when she said about one large area, “Oh, did you do that? I thought it was always there.”

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  • Project Category: Country Gardens,
  • Location: Gardiner, NY