Table of Contents
Introduction: A Call to Coauthorship Timothy A. Schuler 9
1 Engaging Natural Systems
Amplifying the Ecotone: Integrating Site Systems 18
Whidbey Island Residence, Whidbey Island, Washington, Berger Partnership
A Symbiotic System: Channeling Stormwater in the High Desert 34
Woven Plains, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Surroundings Studio
Tracing Terrain: Engaging Surface Character for Groundwater Recharge 46
Farrar Pond Residence, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Mikyoung Kim Design
Recovering Site Character: Recycling Stone in Santa Barbara 56
Pedregosa, Santa Barbara, California, Grace Designs Associates
Wildness, in Content: The Anti-Garden and the Paradox of Rewilding 66
The Anti-Garden, Sussex, England, Jinny Blom
2 Restoration and Conservation
Restoring Lost Ecologies: Historic Preservation in Coastal Acadia 78
Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, STIMSON
Tending the Native Garden: Beneficial Disturbances in Ecological Gardening 90
Millersville Meadows and Garden, Millersville, Pennsylvania, Larry Weaner Associates
A Seamless Connection: Mediating Boundaries at the Urban-Wildland Interface 100
Ketchum Residence, Ketchum, Idaho, Lutsko Associates
Oaks and the Arroyo: Designing for Scale and Continuity in the San Gabriel Foothills 108
Arroyo Seco, San Marino, California, Elysian Landscapes
3 Building Biodiversity
The Garden after the Storm: Designing for Beauty and Resiliency in the Florida Keys 120
Coccoloba Garden, Islamorada, Florida, Raymond Jungles
A Desert Vernacular: Designing with Walls, Shadows, and Native Plants 130
Palo Cristi Garden, Paradise Valley, Arizona, Steve Martino Landscape Architect
A Wind-Swept Meadow above the Canopy: Building Urban Habitat with Green Roofs 142
Greenwich Avenue, New York, New York, Alive Structures
The Botanical Landscape: A Specimen Garden in the Chaparral 152
Golden Oak, Portola Valley, California, Surfacedesign Inc.
4 Environmental Stewardship
Relating to the Land: An Exploration of Soil, Composition, and Form 168
Franklin Farm, Hampshire, England, Kim Wilkie
A Landscape, Balanced: Restraint and Minimalism in Southern California 176
Takashi, Mar Vista, California, Terremoto
A Bold and Evolving Vignette: Planting in Communities for Beauty and Longevity 186
Jones Road, Girard, Illinois, Adam Woodruff
When to Do Nothing: Evolution and Adaptation in the Garden 198
Margie Ruddick's Gardens, Pennsylvania and New York, Margie Ruddick Landscape
The Vertical Landscape: The Impact of Planting in a Small Space 212
Lambolle Road, London, England, Tapestry Vertical Gardens
Acknowledgments 220
Photography Credits 221
