The sensory experience starts now. Stepping on stone blocks, crunching over pine bark, weaving from sun to shade, jumping across boulders, and pushing through leaves — whoever you are, the garden draws you into its game.
Einstein once said everything should be made as simple as possible — that's more or less the philosophy behind a Scandinavian garden®. Its landscape can be incredibly logical, yet it has smart logistics and a natural shape.
The clients — based permanently in Cambridge, he in IT, she in fashion — wanted the project carried out in stages. The couple's modernist view — design as function — gave us real creative freedom. As of the decorative techniques, we left our favorite — matching boulders and conifers.
The garden, spread across two house plots, follows its own internal logic. Passages tied together different points, and the houses were connected by a common “deck”. Despite all the geometry of the greenery, the movement here is even and smooth.
One of the houses now has a front yard with an open lawn. The other has a forested backyard with a beautiful view over the fire pit area. A striking log sculpture by Denis Milovanov offers a quiet spot for contemplation.
Instead of fighting for sunlight in the shaded area, we involved plants that prefer a little shade, such as birches, rhododendrons, hazels, and spireas, as well as small fir trees. Huge pine trees shaded the sun-drenched area, shielding the houses from the sun’s rays.
