ANCHORED ON THE EDGE OF MEIJENDEL — A UNIQUE COASTAL NATURE RESERVE OF SHIFTING DUNES, WOODLANDS, AND VALLEYS- THIS MODERN NATURALISTIC GARDEN BECOMES A LIVING EXTENSION OF ITS ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR.

GUIDED BY THE SITE’S SANDY, NUTRIENT-POOR SOILS AND EXPOSED COASTAL CLIMATE,

THE DESIGN LAYERS NATIVE DUNE SPECIES SUCH AS SEA BUCKTHORN, MARRAM GRASS, AND BURNET ROSE, ALONGSIDE MEADOW GRASSES AND STRUCTURAL PERENNIALS.

THESE PLANT COMMUNITIES ECHO THE RESILIENT BEAUTY OF THE DUNES WHILE SUPPORTING A RICH DIVERSITY OF BIRDS, INSECTS, AND SMALL MAMMALS.

A SCULPTURAL CORTEN STEEL WATER FEATURE ACTS AS A MIRROR TO A FLOWERING SLOPE PLANTED FOR BUTTERFLIES, REFLECTING SEASONAL CHANGE AS LIVING ART. CAREFULLY SELECTED NECTAR AND HOST PLANTS — INCLUDING WILD THYME, SHEEP’S SORREL, TORMENTIL, AND VIOLETS — CREATE CRITICAL HABITAT FOR SPECIES LIKE THE SMALL COPPER, GRAYLING, AND SMALL PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY.

SIMPLE, DURABLE MATERIALS — INCLUDING SCHELLEVIS EDGING STONES AND CORTEN STEEL ELEMENTS — ANCHOR THE DESIGN AND GUIDE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE SPACE. STEPPING STONES AND SUBTLE PATHWAYS INVITE EXPLORATION, TURNING THE GARDEN INTO A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY RATHER THAN A STATIC SCENE.

BY REPLACING TRADITIONAL HARD BOUNDARIES WITH LAYERED, BIODIVERSE PLANTING, THE GARDEN BLURS THE LINE BETWEEN CULTIVATED SPACE AND WILD DUNE LANDSCAPE — CELEBRATING MEIJENDEL’S LIVING MOSAIC OF FLORA AND FAUNA.