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A new formal ellipse
garden was created on an existing plateaued area along the sloping
hillside. The garden is accessed from the main house by a series of
bluestone stairs and landings leading down to a round bluestone terrace
with open sod joints, located at the head of the ellipse. The ellipse,
with its axial symmetry, is in the traditional Italian Garden style,
responding to the classical styling of the mid-19th century, brick and
granite mansion. Stone dust paths define the ellipse’s perimeter and
form the cross axis, framing four lawn panels. A three tiered, cast
iron fountain is the focal point of the ellipse. At one end of the
cross axis is a lattice enclosed rose arbor containing a bench which
focuses on the fountain and across to a stairway, that leads to the
lower lawn. The plantings, arranged radially around the ellipse,
reinforce it’s form with colorfully textured bands of evergreen hedges,
flowering shrubs, roses and perennials. The plantings provide structure
for the garden, as well as color and fragrance, throughout the seasons.
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