CHERISH

A Statement Garden

This estate in McLean, Virginia draws influence from Italian and French gardens, which the lady of the house grew fond of on her travels. She wished to bring this home to her own garden and host a wedding for her daughter in the White Garden (shown above) as soon as it was safe for her family to travel again for the event. In this way, the clients decided to focus on their home garden and turn it into one of the landscapes they cherished most.

A Memory To Cherish

The Woodland Garden (above) carries through the perimeter of the property until leading to the White Garden (left). This showcase perennial garden was the feature backdrop of the family’s wedding ceremony in 2021. After the bride and groom said their vows, they journeyed to the White Garden’s antique Provincial fountain for photos with the wedding party.

This garden needed to reflect the elegance of the affair. It was achieved through numerous trials in first structuring the land, then fostering the garden plantings so each were dressed their best come the big day.

Mclean Residence

NORTH POINT

The client and architecture team for this residence were a recently married couple who wished to add a twist of their design style from their New York City offices and blend it with the beauty of Maryland’s eastern shore.

Sweeping drifts of meadow grass plantings on the perimeter of the property weave in and out to open up to the front and rear lawns while the perennial garden surrounding the house delineates the autocourt and interior lawn.

Extended Into The Landscape

A line perpendicular to the views of the house lie down a path as if it carries directly through the house and into the landscape. This gesture cuts through a mount of plantings in the central ellipse of the autocourt.

Retaining the mound on either side of this path, corten steel panels continue the material language of the architecture into the landscape.

Articulated Rooms

While the mound of the ellipse is retained by corten panels, a garden room directly adjacent to the entrance of the house is articulated by these such panels floating in the perennial plantings bordering the architecture.