{"id":144,"date":"2020-06-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/10\/green-acres\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T16:10:56","slug":"green-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/22\/green-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"Collector\u2019s Edition: Green Acres, Taihu Stones & Scholar\u2019s Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With only six letters, one short word can transform our entire outlook: Spring. A few short\u00a0months that rewards our patience with blossoms, buds and a carnival of irresistible colors\u2014what could be better?<\/p>\n

Today we turn our attention to the stunning home of a client, whose lush North Shore garden is like a dream sequence of greenery and serenity. Betsy Nathan recalls working with the homeowner when he sourced our selection of Taihu Stones<\/a> and\u00a0Meditation Stones<\/a> for the space.<\/p>\n

I remember listening to what\u00a0he wanted to do and then later visiting the grounds for the first time. It takes crazy inspired genius to visualize and then transform a living environment\u00a0into that kind of master work\u2026especially knowing that he isn\u2019t a trained landscape architect, but working with passion and vision straight from the heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Working purely on instinct, he artfully placed a series of raw boulders<\/a>\u00a0around the grounds, using them as stepping stones and to encircle foliage. Flat mediation stones were stacked to line garden beds, while slender taihu stones served as quietly beautiful vertical sculptures throughout. Fortunate to have a natural water feature in his backyard, he also used a colorful selection of painting\u00a0stones to change the natural direction of a waterfall, selecting\u00a0a giant greenery stone to act as a natural bridge across a pond.<\/p>\n

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Captured in early spring as all the flowering bushes have opened, the grounds span over an acre and also showcase the client\u2019s enviable green thumb, as peonies and rhododendrons\u00a0are his specialty. Inspired by Japanese gardens he visited and admired, the landscape features graceful sweeping forms, Maple and Beech trees, and a stream. While our client\u00a0reveals that one of his ardent wishes for the exterior was to have a koi pond, we think he achieved that and so much more.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at this remarkable oasis\u2014one that seems worlds away from the Midwest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t