GLORIOUS GARDEN ROOMS AT rose MANOR

CLASSICAL PRINCIPLES AND THE CLIENT’S PASSION FOR ROSES INFORM A RURAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN.

BY NANCY RUHLING

THE TRADITIONAL-STYLE HOUSE, new construction set on 22 acres overlooking a freshwater lake in Greenwich, Connecticut, is so in sync with its grounds that it looks as though they grew up together. • That’s exactly how Janice Parker Landscape Architects planned it. • “Our job as landscape architects was to create a harmonious whole composed from picturesquely positioned garden spaces, or rooms,” says Janice Parker RLA, ASLA, the principal and founder of the Greenwich firm that bears her name. Plants and color schemes selected for the gardens are in sync with the vocabulary and material palette inspired by the architecture. Horticultural focal points are positioned in each garden room. “This was an opportunity to create a classical garden design using all the classical principles—axial lines, balance, and symmetry without necessarily matching—on a…

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Old House Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, New Old House 2025

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