WEST HILL FARM 

STAMFORD \ CONNECTICUT

varying heights of sheared boxwood and yew hedges along a modern fence with Queen Anne's Lace growing throughout.

WEST HILL FARM

STAMFORD \ CONNECTICUT

  • This garden reflects the intersection of nature and art; the juxtaposition of designed and natural; and the marriage of aesthetics and productivity. This design is also very personal and experimental with bold, contemporary, dynamic gestures in the form of structural plant material and an infusion of landscape art. Hedges and forms of hornbeam, beech, yew and boxwood, and masses of herbaceous plants are used to structure these garden spaces. All are designed to emphasize seasonality, color and light, with these qualities changing from one space to the next. The mixture and diversity of plant life not only creates a visually striking four-season garden, but also serves to support colonies of honeybees hived on the property and all other creatures that pass through this suburban garden. The garden's identity derives from juxtaposed plantings and artistic elements with distinctive sculptures. The property has a large edible garden of organic production, a meadow and large swaths of huge herbaceous plants.

    RECOGNITION

    CT ASLA Honor Award \ 2021

    CT ASLA Annual \ 2020

    Connecticut Cottages & Gardens \ April 2018

    COLLABORATORS

    Mockler Taylor Architects

    DeRosa Builders

    PHOTOGRAPHY

    Allegra Anderson

    Neil Landino

WEST HILL FARM

STAMFORD \ CONNECTICUT

This garden reflects the intersection of nature and art; the juxtaposition of designed and natural; and the marriage of aesthetics and productivity. This design is also very personal and experimental with bold, contemporary, dynamic gestures in the form of structural plant material and an infusion of landscape art. Hedges and forms of hornbeam, beech, yew and boxwood, and masses of herbaceous plants are used to structure these garden spaces. All are designed to emphasize seasonality, color and light, with these qualities changing from one space to the next. The mixture and diversity of plant life not only creates a visually striking four-season garden, but also serves to support colonies of honeybees hived on the property and all other creatures that pass through this suburban garden. The garden's identity derives from juxtaposed plantings and artistic elements with distinctive sculptures. The property has a large edible garden of organic production, a meadow and large swaths of huge herbaceous plants.

 
a circular landform with a circular sheared hornbeam hedge frame a sculpture titled 'Brave New World' by Rick Kirby.
 
 
a square yet tall berry cage is central to the vegetable garden with herbs and other potted plants.
a tan chicken travels through a mown path in a meadow toward a modern chicken coop that mirrors the berry cage shape.
 
 
a modern chicken coop is placed within a meadow of grass and Queen Anne's Lace.
simple site plan of the meadow and chicken coop.
 
 
the gravel driveway features plantings of different perennials along the sides and is framed by espaliered London Plane trees.
 
a view of the homeowner's red antique car parked within the gravel driveway garden.
 
a moving gif of water falling over the sides of square plinths within a water feature.
 
 
a broad view of the swimming pool garden and water feature with an espaliered aerial hedge of London Plane trees along one side and the herbaceous borders at the end.
close-up of white Cirsium.
close-up of the red antique car and pots of Agapanthus.
close-up of Purple Centauria.
close-up of bees in a white beehive box.
close-up of purple Onopordum.
close-up of Astrantia.
close-up of Nautia and Daucus.
close-up of chicken eggs still in a nesting box.
 
 
a view of the front garden with a sinuous purple beech hedge with perennials and shrubs planted all around.
 
 
a broad view of the vegetable garden with square patches of lawn and and planting beds and the berry cage structure centrally located all framed by a hornbeam hedge.
 
"Green Apple' by Lisa Pappon sits a top a circular land form with apple trees planted around.
 
 
a view of the entrance to the potting shed with terracotta pots of palms.
 
a view inside the potting shed with horizontal wood slatting on the walls, a sink and window at the end and a concrete floor.
close-up of the water feature with three plinths at ground level with bubbling water into a basin with Koi fish.
 
 
close-up of a brown and tan chicken grazing within a meadow of clover.
close-up of three white bee hives and bees within a grassy meadow.
broad view of the rear of the property at one end of the pool looking down to the varying heights of sheared hedges and Queen Anne's Lace meadow and chicken coop in the far background.