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New American Garden Style .. OVSLA Design

Cornerstone OVSLA Garden Contrasts Photo © Alice Joyce

‘Garden Contrasts’ – one of the gallery-style garden installations created for Cornerstone Sonoma in Northern California Wine Country – exemplifies the landscape design of Oehme, van Sweden & Associates Landscape Architects. James van Sweden, an influential figure associated with the New American Garden style, and partner Sheila Brady follow a philosophy that references natural meadows; an ecologically minded, low- maintenance approach, and the skillful uniting of informal plantings within a refined hardscape.

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Botanical Gardens

Native Plants at The San Francisco Botanical Garden

Faux California Poppy SFBG (Alice Joyce photo)

The San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Native Plant Garden reaches a glorious cycle of bloom in April.

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Garden Touring

John Greenlee - A Mediterranean Meadow

Greenlee Meadow Detail Photo © Alice Joyce

Gentle paths wind through John Greenlee’s The Mediterranean Meadow installation at Cornerstone Sonoma / Greenlee’s meadow design takes its cue from the prairies that once blanketed the Sonoma landscape.

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