This Midcoast garden is a quiet sunlit opening surrounded by acres of mature Hemlock Forest. Red Oaks cast dappled light in patterns that shift throughout the course of the day. An extensive planting of adaptable Hayscented Fern soaks up excessive moisture in the spring rains and provides a bright green light-well throughout the dryer summer months. An Edge Meadow planting of tall, partial shade tolerant native perennials and grasses frames a seating area paved with large, natural cleft granite slabs. Recycled granite curbstones, foundation blocks and fieldstone boulders in the stone retaining wall and steps echo the design of a 19th century Shaker Village farm wall in rural Maine.
PROPOSED SITE PLAN
SCHEMATIC SECTION SKETCHES
SCHEMATIC RENDERED SECTION
HAYSCENTED FERN GLADE
EDGE MEADOW FALL FOLIAGE FRAMING GRANITE SLAB PATIO
GRANITE SLAB STONE PATIO
RECYCLED GRANITE STEPS & DRY-LAID WALL
WITH GRANITE FIELDSTONE BOULDER BASE
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