A Garden in the Ruins.

From the owner's mention of a garden she admired when growing up, Filoli, in California, and the desire to have a ruin, the design of this garden evolved. Arbors soften the house, stone walls incorporate columns and capitals, and paths cross to create vistas and focal points. A wide range of plants provides color most of the year, while the jewel of a greenhouse provides an airy pavilion.
RUINS GARDEN BEFORE:
This was a raw, unplanted space, enclosed on three sides by the house and garage, with a green wall of trees on the third side.

RUINS GARDEN CONSTRUCTION:
The granite walls add definition to the space, and create level terraces on the sloping site.

RUINS GARDEN AFTER:
The garden, only two years old, has begun to fill in, and soften the formal geometry. The arbors are planted with climbing roses, clematis and honeysuckle.

RUINS GARDEN STEPS:
The planting on the steps seems to grow out of every crevice providing rich textural contrast.

RUINS GARDEN POOL:
A spouting Bacchus is flanked by two classic columns.

RUINS GARDEN ARCH:
The stone arch shelters a mandala sculpture by Brandon Zebold.

RUINS GARDEN AXIS:
One end of this vista is anchored by the pool and fountain, with the pyramidal roof of the folly behind it.

RUINS GARDEN CIRCLE:
This circular terrace is the center of the garden, bordered by a greenhouse built by Architectural Glass Inc. of Seattle.

RUINS GARDEN FRAGMENT:
A fragment salvaged from the Music Hall Theater adds an aspect of age to the paving.