english garden on the prairie

When Hoerr showed the Druckers his design, they questioned, "Shouldn't things be curving?" His response was, "No. If you look at the great English gardens such as Hidcote and Sissinghurst, they are strongly architectural, which complements a billowy planting style. In other words, squared beds show off rounded plants." The new plan organizes the yard into three segments based on a north-south axis from the terrace to the back of the property: an allée of columnar beech trees framing a serene swath of lawn--which is shown here--a formal garden of three boxwood parterres, and a terrace with water features, all linked by intersecting cross-paths.