sweetfernECOLOGICAL DESIGN
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MORNINGSIDE ESTATE · TYRINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Front Entry

A welcoming
way home.

Stone paths and broad steps guide arrival through layered planting to the front porch. Native plants complement traditional boxwood, retaining the original garden and its formal parterres. Columnar native dogwoods provide an upright, architectural form, while native grasses and groundcovers weave through the planting.

Compost tea applications form part of a more holistic, adaptive approach to caring for the boxwoods. The aim is to retain the original planting, avoid unnecessary removal, and continue the garden’s legacy while responding to the pest pressures and maintenance demands of formally clipped boxwood.

Fastigiate hornbeams frame the garage, with stone paths and layered planting leading toward the front entry.
Fastigiate hornbeams frame the garage, with stone paths and layered planting leading toward the front entry.
The approach to the house and front porch.
The approach to the house and front porch.
Planting connects the house with its surroundings.
Planting connects the house with its surroundings.
A sheltered place to sit along the front porch.
A sheltered place to sit along the front porch.
The porch opens onto the planted garden.
The porch opens onto the planted garden.

Photo credit: Nick Glimenakis