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 said that everything should be made as simple as possible. That’s roughly what happens in a Scandinavian garden®. Its landscape can be incredibly logical, yet it has smart logistics and a natural shape.
The expectation of Clients who are permanently based in Cambridge (he is involved in IT, and she’s a fashion expert) is a project carried out in stages. We were set free by the couple’s modernist perspective on design as a function. As of the decorative techniques, we left our favorite — matching boulders and conifers.
The garden, which is made up of two houses’ plots, has its 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 forestal backyard with a beautiful view over the hearth area. A non-trivial “log” by Denis Milovanov is meant for secluded 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.
