At one of Oehme, van Sweden’s current residential projects on the Northern Neck of Virginia, a meadow of native Bluestem grasses, goldenrod and other wildflowers dressed in rich autumnal golds, oranges, and browns meets an existing cordgrass marsh. The 12-acre peninsular estate juts into the Potomac River near its confluence with the Chesapeake Bay. Dale [...]
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The Creation of a Native Meadow on Virginia’s Northern Neck
Posted in Projects, tagged Chesapeake Bay, Dale Overmyer, design, garden, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Larry Weaner, Marisa Scalera, meadow, Northern Neck, oehme van sweden, Potomac River, Sheila Brady, Virginia, Walnut Hill Landscape Company on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Adding Year Round Interest to the Azalea Garden at the New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Projects, tagged azalea, design, garden, Hilary Oat-Judge, landscape architect, landscape architecture, New York Botanic Garden, oehme van sweden, perennial, Sheila Brady on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The redesigned Azalea Garden at the New York Botanical Garden is scheduled for a Grand Opening May 7-8, 2011, just in time for Mother’s Day. Sheila Brady and Hilary Oat-Judge recently spent two days at the garden with Todd Forrest, Kristin Schleiter and Travis Beck of NYBG laying out some of the final herbaceous plantings [...]
Contrast in the Garden at Cornerstone Sonoma
Posted in Projects, tagged Alice's Garden Travel Buzz, California, Cornerstone Sonoma, garden, Garden Design, Grace Knowlton, James van Sweden, landscape architect, landscape architecture, oehme van sweden, Sheila Brady on November 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Oehme, van Sweden was again praised in the blog-o-sphere for our work at Conerstone Sonoma in California, a self-described “collection of shops, wineries and a gourmet cafe set amidst nine acres of garden installations created by the world’s leading landscape architects.” Designed by Founding Principal James van Sweden and Partner Sheila Brady, The Garden of Contrasts [...]
An Eastern Long Island Garden
Posted in Projects, tagged Amagansett, design, Eric Groft, garden, Gardiners Bay, Hamptons, John Scully, landscape, landscape architect, lanscape architecture, Long Island, Louse Point Bluff, New York, oehme van sweden, Regina Scully, residence, residential on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, Oehme, van Sweden Principal Eric Groft had the pleasure of revisiting the garden of John and Regina Scully, a project he completed a few years ago. The Scully garden is located high on a Louse Point bluff looking over Gardiners Bay in Amagansett. John and Regina Scully were home having come from their native San Francisco [...]
A Visit to Nantucket
Posted in Projects, tagged garden, Garden Design, landscape, landscape architecture, Nantucket, Native Plant Garden, New York Botanical Garden, oehme van sweden, Sheila Brady on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was recently on Nantucket installing a beautiful hillside garden overlooking Polpis Harbor in Quaise. The hillside is planted with waves of native grasses and the garden features a lower, private enclosed garden with classic Nantucket privet hedges aligned with colorful perennial boarders. I also had fun visiting former clients in Squam and was delighted [...]
Revisiting the Fed
Posted in Projects, tagged Architects, architecture, bollard, Eric Groft, Federal Reserve, garden, Garden Design, landscape, landscape architecture, New American Garden, Oehme, ornamental grass, OvS, perennial, perimiter security, van Sweden, washington dc on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
August’s stifling heat has some advantages – many plants have been lured by the sun into their full summer exuberance. Oehme, van Sweden staff members spent a recent lunch break basking in the sun ourselves and enjoying lush plantings at the Federal Reserve campus in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve was one of OvS’ earliest [...]
Revisiting an Old Favorite
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acer Triflorum, American Holly, Amur Cork, architecture, Architecture in the Garden, garden, landscape, Maakia Amurensis, New World Cottage, oehme van sweden, Red Oak, Three Flower Maple on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Harry Truman once said, “A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” Nowhere is this more true than in the garden, where weather and climactic conditions hold the power to alter carefully planned landscapes in what seems like the blink of an eye.
