The Hudson Highlands estate, historically a retreat for a railroad mogul's family, has evolved under its current owners who acquired it a decade ago. They revived the vanished work of Ellen Biddle Shipman through a new landscape plan that includes a formal garden and a wild landscape leading to a walled garden. This design was aimed at both functionality—reducing traffic noise—and aesthetic inspiration from European gardens. Designer Lindsey Taylor was recruited to bring this vision to life, enhancing the estate’s botanical beauty.
The owners wanted to create pockets within the larger landscape, where the hum from distant traffic would be reduced.
Inspired by European gardens, particularly the walled garden at Rousham and Le Bois des Moutiers, they envisioned an aesthetic and practical space.
Ellen Biddle Shipman’s landscape architecture had mostly vanished, prompting the owners to pay tribute to her with the new garden scheme.
Lindsey Taylor, a garden designer, was chosen to execute their vision of a walled garden, drawing people to the lower landscape.
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