Barnes Landing

Residential Garden Installation

LOCATION: Springs, NY
PROPERTY SIZE: .5 Acres

At this Barnes Landing property in Springs, NY, we helped actualize a life long dream of transforming an untouched backyard into an outdoor sanctuary with an emphasis on native plantings and pollinators. This comprehensive plan aimed to create cohesion and flow, with a “loose and a bit wild” type of approach, while also keeping it functional for an avid swimmer.

The new lap pool is a feature piece of the property. We designed the pool’s hardscaping using finely crushed stone dust — this very natural material has a neutral tonal quality and compresses nicely for a solid footing. We planted silvers, greens and whites loosely into the stone dust to give it a casual and natural feel. Large boulders that were recycled from other areas of the property were set into the planting space to give the feeling of stepping stones leading to a natural water source.

- Native Trees: Magnolia virginiana, Ilex opaca, Nyssa sylvatica

- Native Small Perennials: Deschampsia flexuosa, Sporobolus heterolepis, Schizachyrium scoparium, Panicum virgatum, Dennstaedtia, Lythrum alatum, Erigeron pulchellus, Pycnanthemum, Solidago, Eryngium yuccifolium, Spiraea alba, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Aster ericoides, Polygonum aubertii

- Non-native Trees: Norway spruce, Magnolia grandiflora,

- Non-native shrubs: Spiraea ‘Snow Mound’, Spiraea van Houteii, Osmanthus ‘Gulftide’

- Non-native Small Perennials: Agastache, Tanacetum, Teucrium, Calamintha, Alliums, Origanum laevigatum, Viburnum pragense

SERVICES
Master Landscape Plan including a comprehensive planting plan & all hardscaping. Design sourced imagery & look-books. Design input for final pool details; tile, coping & finish. Fence design in collaboration with Shepard Co

COLLABORATORS
Landscape Contractor- Creative Touch Landscaping. Fence installation- Shepard Co