Where to begin?
This is the story of JB and M’s love affair with their home, gardens, collections and each other. Married over 50 years, my friends JB and M live in a contemporary home they built in the 1970s. (BTW, Ali MacGraw is M’s childhood friend and a bridesmaid at the wedding. Yes, I have permission to write that 🙂 Back to the house: basically it is a series of “severe boxes” with pitched standing seam metal roofs, picture windows, French doors and 10 skylights. To me, the architecture is a bit Shaker, a bit Hugh Jacobsen, a little Belgian and a whole lotta cool!
I will share the interiors in a future post. And maybe more gossip 🙂  For now, let’s tour the gardens on this 5+ acre property. A BIG thank you to JB and M!
 A formal boxwood knot garden adjacent to the house.
 A long vista to the woodlands.
 Specimen trees, roses and mature boxwoods.
 The house, built in the 1970s, was recently re-stuccoed.
 The upper parterre garden is divided into 4 beds: herbs, potager, roses and perennials.
 Do you like the pair of antique garden pots from my shop? 🙂
 M and JB are passionate gardeners and designers. JB built all the stonewalls. M takes care of perennials and plants.
 Pair of 18th century statues.
 Sage, tomato and cucumber plants in the potager.
 M showing me the lemon-yellow flowers of the okra plant.
 A cloche tucked among lavender plants.
 The property is dotted with follies and outbuildings. Top is the garden shed, and bottom photo shows the summerhouse.

The shade garden with English staddle stones and Japanese painted ferns.

 Looking back at the house.
 These last three photos, taken by M, show the gardens in spring.
 Tiggy contemplating a climb over the wall.