Chasing Eden: Design Inspiration from the Gardens at Hortulus Farm

273 Pages·2020·71.546 MB·English

by  Jack Staub, Renny Reynolds, Rob Cardillo

C H A S I N G
E D E N

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C H A S I N G
E D E N
Design Inspiration from the Gardens at
H O R T U L U S FA R M
JACK STAUB & RENNY REYNOLDS
photographs by ROB CARDILLO
Timber Press
PORTLAND, OREGON
Text copyright © 2020 by Jack Staub and Renny Reynolds.
All rights reserved.
Photographs copyright © 2020 by Rob Cardillo.
Published in 2020 by Timber Press, Inc.
The Haseltine Building
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450
Portland, Oregon 97204-3527
timberpress.com
Printed in China
Text and cover design by Stacy Wakefield Forte
ISBN 978-1-60469-873-2
Catalog records for this book are available from the
Library of Congress and the British Library.
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO OUR LONGTIME FARM
MANAGER BOB RITCHIE
AND HIS WIFE, ROSE,
WITHOUT WHOSE TIRELESS
DEVOTION, FRIENDSHIP,
AND HARD WORK, WE SIMPLY
WOULD NOT EXIST.
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C O N T E N T S
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I N T R O D U C T I O N + ++++++++++++++ 9
The Lay of the Land
1 +++++++++++++++++ 18
Long Views: Vista & Axis
2 +++++++++++ 36
Land Crafting & Hardscape
3 +++++++++ 62
Water Features
4 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 94
Woodlands
5 + +++++ +++++++++++++++++++ 120
Open Spaces
6 ++++ +++++++++++++++++++ 146
Palette & Planting
7 + +++++++++++++++++ 172
Themed Gardens
8 +++++++++++++++++++ 198
Edible Gardens
9 +++++++++++++++++++++ 220
R E F L E C T I O N +++++++++++++++++++ 248
I N D E X + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 268

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I N T R O D U C T I O N
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In their hearts, all
gardeners are in
pursuit of “Eden”—
or their own very
personal vision of it.
An earthly paradise
of visual beauty and
emotional solace.
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Our charge has been to deformalize
classical conceits—as in the Birch
Walk, which takes the classic formal
allée idea and loosens it with great
drifts of hostas and ferns.