sweetfernECOLOGICAL DESIGN

SWEETFERN / THE DESIGN PROCESS

Seeing the possibilities.
Drawing the connections.

A sketch makes relationships visible: a stair meeting a slope, planting framing a view, a path connecting the house to the garden. Explore the ideas at the scale of the site and the everyday experience of living there.

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DESIGN EXPLORATIONS

Morningside

Entry planting, stonework, and routes through the landscape. These studies explore how arrival, views, and movement connect the house to its setting.

Planting along the front stairs — Morningside

Perspective study · April 2024

Planting along the front stairs

The formal entry — Morningside

Planting and hardscape study · April 2024

The formal entry

A path across the north slope — Morningside

Perspective study · April 2024

A path across the north slope

Refining the driveway — Morningside

Revised driveway plan · October 2024

Refining the driveway

DESIGN EXPLORATIONS

Stone Terrace Garden

Sketches and plans bring the house, hillside, planting, and stone terraces into a shared composition.

The house within the slope — Stone Terrace Garden

The house within the slope

Steps into the garden — Stone Terrace Garden

Steps into the garden

Following the hillside — Stone Terrace Garden

Following the hillside

The wider site — Stone Terrace Garden

The wider site

A framework of stone — Stone Terrace Garden

Annotated hardscape plan

A framework of stone

Drawings supplied by Sweetfern Ecological Design. Original annotations and credits are retained. These drawings show design studies and proposals; they are not a record of completed construction.