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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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Landscape Architecture

Topher Delaney's 'Garden Play' - Cornerstone Sonoma

TDelaney Garden Play - Photo Copyright Alice Joyce

Environmental artist; garden builder; sculptor: It’s not easy to fit Topher Delaney or the work produced by Seam Studio into a given category. Nor is it easy to describe Garden Play, Delaney’s installation created for Cornerstone Sonoma: Garden Play is one of numerous child-friendly environments at Cornerstone, where you’ll come upon garden installations by world renowned landscape architects and designers; a fabulous bevy of shops for interior design and outdoor settings; SAGE cafe offering seasonal menus to delight foodies; wine tasting; and the Sonoma Valley Visitors Center.

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France

Alchemy in Provence .. Jardin de l'Alchimiste

Garden of the Alchemist Red Opening to White Photo © Alice Joyce

The Alchemist’s Garden – Le Jardin de l’Alchimiste, adjoins the lovely Renaissance manor housing a charming country hotel in Provence: Mas de la Brune, a Bed & Breakfast lodging. Nestled in the bewitchingly blue Alpilles mountains of France, the garden opened to the public in 1999. The owners worked with renowned designers Arnaud Maurieres and Eric Ossart to create a uniquely conceived, contemporary gardenscape here in the charming Provençal village of Eygalieres.

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