Plantings

Simple foliage color and texture create this pleasing driveway planting bed in New Canaan. Notice the use of boulders and natural river stone which provide additional textural interest.

This undulating poolside garden in back country Greenwich is filled with colorful summer perennials such as Geranium ‘Rozanne’, ‘Mini Pearl’ Daylilies, Purple Coneflower and Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’.

Overlooking the water in Westport, CT, our client asked us to find a place to nestle a special piece of sculpture in the landscape. We designed a simple zen-like garden that shows off the sculpture and frames the stunning view of the water.

This hillside in North Stamford creates a colorful frame around the pool area. Filled with creeping juniper, ‘Walker’s Low’ Nepeta, ‘Stella d’Oro’ daylilies, and Spirea ‘Anthony Waterer’, this plant material stands up to the full sun exposure and requires very little maintenance.

Another view of hillside.

Entering this private estate in Westport, CT, the client wanted to create an immediate impression of entering natural woodland. Plantings included large specimen trees (‘Riversii’ Copper Beech), ‘Maxi’ Rhododendrons and a carpet of ferns.

This elegant gazebo, overlooking the Long Island Sound on a Westport estate, is surrounded with lush and colorful plantings to create a feeling of privacy and solitude.

Another view of Gazebo plantings in Westport, CT.

Foliage color creates interest – as this garden demonstrates. Even newly planted, this beautiful transitional garden in New Canaan, shows how much foliage color can add to visual interest and beauty in the landscape.

This client in Putnam Valley, NY complained that their beautiful home had no curb appeal. Our solution was to replace the existing walk with an undulating fieldstone path and filled the front gardens with a combination of evergreen and deciduous plantings that look beautiful in every season. Striking foliage color from the Japanese maple, the Spirea japonica ‘Magic Carpet’, the Golden Hakone Grass add color even when the Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ is not in bloom. Blue Holly, Boxwood, Cherry Laurel ‘Otto Luykens’ and juniper add structure, greenery and berry color in the winter.

This is another view of the landscaping plantings at the previous residence.

Shrub border in Westport, CT.

Shrub border in Westport, CT.

Another view.

Mixed perennial bed in Westport, CT.

These plantings around this outdoor terrace in Westport, CT, show the importance of simple, sophisticated design. Masses of boxwood, spirea, hosta, climbing hydrangea form a lush and colorful private retreat in the back yard. Note the use of container plantings to add additional color accents.

In this wooded setting in New Canaan, CT, the challenge was to design garden rooms that would act as an extension of the home into the woods beyond. We designed naturalistic plantings and added a touch of whimsy with sculpture and a beautifully constructed fieldstone well.

This deeply shaded hillside off the back terrace of a home in Pound Ridge, NY, required specialized plantings to achieve the lush colorful mix that the client desired. We achieved that look by installing a mixture of native groundcovers such as Maidenhair ferns, Ostrich ferns, Lady’s mantle and vinca with deep-shade perennials such as Hosta, and colorful annuals such as New Guinea impatiens in a soil mix that promoted lush growth.