House tour

These are images of work that I did at a private home in Chatham. It was on a garden tour several years ago. Click on the labels for more photos. jc

gravel is water

In the iconography of these gardens, gravel can be used to represent water. I often try to do that when I am designing the driveway and parking areas. I run a stone wall up to the edge of the drive, place stepping stones in the gravel and plant water-type plants at the edges as though they were growing at the water's edge. The bamboo fountain at the end of this driveway next to the garage door can be found under the label 'fountain'. jc

Bamboo Fountain

These old railroad tie retaining walls were here. I thought they had a lot of character so I incorporated them into the gardens. The fountain water runs into the pool under the beach stones and recirculates. jc

Fountain in Wellfleet

I had this stone drilled to make the small fountain. I got to design the entire space on this project. It's a two level deck with steps to a gravel garden, and than a stepping stone path to another sitting platform. I used three circles in this composition (see previous post). I'll show more of this work in later posts. jc