GARDEN ISLE

Private residence/confidential client

Deephaven, MN

In collaboration with Kenji Akagawa, Sculptor

2015 - ongoing

This property features an array of gardens that act as stage for a curated collection of commissioned sculptures. The home, a Milo Thompson design, is energetically geometric. This geometry extends to the landscape. Drawing inspiration from the islands offshore, a series of five ellipses planted with native grasses display stone and steel sculptures. The garden plantings present a flowing rhythm of monocultural islands and diverse waves of flowering perennials that introduces a living dynamic to the property. Urban Ecosystems has continued to consultant on numerous landscape improvements and garden management since the initial landscape improvements in 2015.