The Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) has named James Doyle as the 2010 International Designer of the Year. Doyle, owner of James Doyle Design Associates in Greenwich, CT, favors the use of clipped shrubs in many of his designs.
His designs are definitely modern, combining untraditional 21st century elements with many traditional principles such as formal, very symmetrical layouts.
A couple of years ago, I had the chance to tour two of Doyle's creations, and this formal vegetable garden, enclosed in hedges, is typical of his style.
From the upper level, you descend to terraces below and a knot garden filled with ornamental grasses and other unlikely candidates instead of roses and lavender.
This garden has an amphitheater built into the bottom terrace, but Doyle's sense of whimsy comes through in this sculpture just outside the knot garden. And in case you're wondering, yes …
it is made from recycled tires.
(top image: APLD)
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