REFLECTIONS OF PLACE

For more than thirty years, Dan Gordon Landscape Architects has been defining the art of creating enduring gardens that entice visitors to wander throughout their meadows, paths, and terraces. The renowned firm is best known for merging elegant, classical design principles with impeccable plantsmanship and contemporary materials, resulting in landscapes that feel both historically grounded and perfectly suited to modern life. The reader will find ideas for properties of many sorts, from compact Boston city gardens that enhance outdoor living to sweeping country estates where dignified stone walls connect with the past, and even broad beachfront plantings that draw the eye down to the water’s edge. Impeccable design details provide plenty of inspiration for home readers, from delicate patterns set in stone walkways and gates crafted to last a century to brilliant arrangements of blooms that cascade out from a home before blending seamlessly into the woodland beyond. A layered presentation that reveals captivating overview images as well as intimate moments of quiet beauty will help readers learn how every design choice combines to produce seasonal color, texture, and mood.