Two busy Manhattan executives acquired an idyllic 7-acre lakefront property in a secluded corner of Putnam County and commissioned Jean-Marc to create the landscape of their dreams, including both naturalized and structured gardens.
In the front yard, reclaimed Bluestone Slab Walkways connect the garage to the main entrance and to the garden, while playful Ilex globes and extensive drifts of spring bulbs scatter the lawn.

At the Garden Gate, stylized woodland glade plantings act as sensual threshold into the central garden areas.

The Gravel Courtyard, the secluded beating heart of the landscape created from reclaimed and reprogrammed rock from the original home’s foundations, nestles into a series of terraced stone walls and includes a Cutting Garden, Rockface, Bluestone Patio, and whimsical planting pods scattered about the pea graveled space.

Sustainably sourced Hardwood Decks seem to float above the hillside, offering infinity views to the lake in the distance and providing seamless transitions out to several lounge areas.

Angular Meadow Beds filled with wild native plantings create tension and movement in the landscape enticing the visitor to move through billowing mixed plantings towards the lake.

A spacious Floating Dock, made from Ipe reclaimed from Coney Island boardwalks destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, acts as an inviting focal point to the main sightline from the house, and captures the perfect sunset views of the lake.