Private houses, country properties and the landscapes around them
Open the JournalA garden is never finished. It is a long conversation between a house, the ground it stands on and the weather, carried on over many years by the people who live there.
A private garden that stays with you long after you leave it is rarely the one with the most expensive stone or the rarest perennials. It is the one that unfolds. The one where you step out from the kitchen, cross a threshold, and find yourself drawn forward — not by a sign, but by a […]
Когда архитектура и ландшафт работают как единое целое, это чувствуется с первого взгляда — ещё до того, как вы вошли в дом. В лучших частных резиденциях постройка, посадки, маршруты движения и открытые комнаты сплетаются так плотно, что вся усадьба воспринимается одним законченным высказыванием. Эта связность не возникает сама собой. Она вырастает из ранних решений о видовых […]
I’ve walked enough gardens to know that the materials underfoot tell you everything about how a space will age. The right hard landscaping doesn’t just finish a garden — it shapes how the space feels, how easy it is to use, and how well it performs through wet winters, dry summers, and years of wear. In […]
Walking the ground, reading the soil and the light, and drawing how paths, terraces and planting will meet the house.
Trees and hedges go in while dormant, followed by shrubs and perennials once the soil begins to warm.
Watering, mulching and patient editing, so young plants root deeply and the structure of the garden settles in.
Spring growth, summer fullness, autumn colour and winter outline: the same garden becomes four different places.
