From indoors, this 20’ x 70’ garden is a tilted canvas of texture and colour, seamlessly extending the indoor living space to the outside. Seen from this vantage point, the length of the garden is foreshortened. The character of the planting from this view changes over the seasons as the waves of plants grow and then diminish in size, and as the bands of colour change with the passing of time.

From the dining terrace at the top of the slope, the space of the garden opens up — the garden view down the hill appears longer allowing the dining area at the back to feel secluded – removed from the house by distance, height, and by an industrial metal stair “bridge”. The stair is in stark contrast to the delicateness of the plants — it floats over the planting and reinforces the separateness of the lower space and the upper space.