A forward-thinking client began looking for the perfect getaway for a small family. After a long search, they settled on an old horse farm. The property featured overgrown secret gardens, a gravity fed spring, crystal clear pond, miles of waking trails and a classic New England farmhouse.

Not ready to move but motivated to lay the ground work for the future, the client and design team began analyzing the property and working to create an ideal first phase of development. The final design for the first phase - installed in spring of 2016 - included small orchards featuring rare and heirloom cider varieties, pears, peaches, and plums, grape and kiwi trellis, pond improvements, rows of small fruits and berries, and a small nuttery. At the center of it all, an old horse ring, lying vacant for over a decade and yet still with little vegetative growth, was painstakingly transformed into a pseudo-labrynth, with sweeping beds of herbaceous perennials to help pollinate and attract beneficial insects.