Stamford Stroll Garden

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Bridge over a spillway / creek continues the path through the woodland property.
The beginning of the Pine Needle Path - note the mingling of the Existing and the Planted.
Newly planted 'Willow Walk' showing the 5 Weeping Willows, soon to become a living arbor.
Naturalistic flower garden at dusk -- seen from the Master Bedroom.
Detail of the Naturalistic Flower Garden.
Grass steps leading from the swimming pool up to the courtyard with its reflecting pool.
Perovskia and Molinia top the wall that surrounds the pool, and move with every breeze.
Site Plan of the 4-acre property, showing the pine needle path meandering through the wooded property. You stroll through a Dogwood Path, a Willow Walk, a Group of Hawthornes, A Naturalistic Flower Garden.
Along the Pine Needle Path as it returns to the house. Rugosa Roses beginning to bloom on the wall framing the house, the bridge over the spillway in the background, newly planted woodland plants in the foreground.

On a wooded 4-acre site at the edge of a pond, we created a simple stroll garden. A Pine Needle path was built, to meander through the site, its direction controlled by the plantings that create the ‘rooms’ your stroll takes you through.

Along the way you pass through a Willow Walk; next, a group of Hawthornes; you see Dogwoods and Mountain Laurels, pass a Naturalistic Flower garden, an informal wall of wild-looking Rugosa Roses.

The added plantings are seamlessly combined with the existing plants – thousands of Ferns and flowering Irises make the pond edge glow as you move around the property. Climbing Hydrangeas will soon cover the stone wall that surrounds the swimming pool, to reach the delicate, swaying, transparent combination of Perovskia and Molinia on top of the wall.

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  • Project Category: Country Gardens,
  • Location: Stamford, CT