Give your landscape a lift by adding high points -- in this case, three 12-foot-tall classically inspired concrete columns that stand like exclamation points. "The idea is to lift the eye up off the ground," Brian says. "The pillars create a sense of antiquity and add an element of surprise and mystery." The scene is striking in summer when the surrounding garden shimmers in white with astilbe, actaea, phlox, and silvery maidengrass.
The secret to cultivating intrigue in the garden? "Always have a curve," Brian says. "You want to keep them guessing -- What's up ahead? What will I discover? You don't need a lot of space to achieve that." Stroll to the other end of this vine-festooned arbor and you'll come upon a 110-foot-long, 15-foot-high wall of water that pours over Roman pillars to create a misty veil for viewing the garden beyond.
Use the Power of Perspective
Brian creates the illusion of a large expanse by tapering the space so it's narrower at the far end of this formal garden. "The garden is 8 feet narrower at the far end than it is in the foreground, where it measures 20 feet across from boxwood to boxwood," Brian says. The result: a space that appears one-and-a-half times its actual length.
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