This garden is remarkable because of the narrowness of the plot (seventeen feet across). We were able to squeeze in a small dwarf fescue lawn for the dog, a deck for entertaining, and a wooden hot tub with its own lounging area. (We chose a wooden tub because it could be brought through the house in pieces and assembled on site).

Around the perimeter of the garden is a “green wall” composed of blue green-stained landscape timbers strung with stainless steel cable vine supports. Evergreen podocarpus are trained on the cables, and then interplanted with climbing roses and clematis.

Landscape design and project supervision: Chris Jacobson - Gardenart

Design associate - landscape architect: Beverly Sarjeant

Landscape contractor: Frank and Grossman