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The Rose Garden is a fine example of a garden room
complete with detailed hardscape materials and an excellent vista; stairs
lead up to the Urn Terrace.
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A lyrical wrought-iron gateway framing a pedestal and urn draws you into the awaiting woodland landscape.
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Urn Terrace
A small-scale green lawn was originally enclosed by
English boxwoods, but Ruth Havey, the landscape architect who followed
Farrand, replaced them with ivy parterre quadrants. These surround a stone
urn rising out of a pebble floor featuring a cornucopia mosaic with curled
and soft details that impart a sensuous flow to the ground plane.
Farrand's use of walls -- high walls enclose one side of the terrace,
while lower ones direct views over to the Rose Garden below -- is
noteworthy. Composed primarily of brick, stone, and evergreen plants, this
rather petite garden offers a contrast to larger garden rooms filled with
seasonal blooms.
Rose Garden
A large retaining wall of stone and brick encloses
the Rose Garden without obstructing an expansive view of tulip poplars,
oaks, sycamores, and other hardwoods on the ridge below. Geometric patterns
of rose beds look fabulous, even as the roses (nearly 1,000) are coming
into leaf. Large boxwoods, strategically placed, carry the design through
winter when the plants are not in bloom. With five entries, the garden
serves as a pivot point. The brick quoins of the walls intersect with rough
fieldstone laid horizontally. Large bluestone flags strewn loosely on the
paths and upright pieces of bluestone curb define the beds. The Bliss
family motto, Quod Severis Metes (As You Sow, So Shall You Reap), is carved
on the back of a bench, proving no detail was too small to escape
Farrand's discerning eye.
| · For more on Dumbarton Oaks, call 202/339-6401
or visit doaks.org » |
RESOURCES: John Howard, Howard Design Studio,
404/876-7051, howarddesignstudio.com.
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