Garden Dialogues 2014: Little Compton, RI

On Sunday, June 22nd, get exclusive access to private gardens and landscapes in Little Compton, RI, and hear directly from the designers and their clients about their collaborative process.

How do clients and designers work together? What makes for a great, enduring collaboration? Garden Dialogues provides unique opportunities for small groups to visit some of today’s most beautiful gardens created by some of the most accomplished designers currently in practice.

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                                                                                                    Photo by Nic Lehoux

Sunday, June 22nd, 3:00 to 6:00pm | Little Compton

The Farm at Little Compton
Michael Vergason, Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd., with Peter Bohlin, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects

The Farm at Little Compton is a family farm that straddles a ridge-lined peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean on the southern coast of Rhode Island. Bounded by water and set within the Sakonnet landscape, this property quietly embodies a modest agrarian character while preserving critical habitat for endangered shorebirds, coastal plants and wildlife. The Master Plan uses an existing road and walls as a skeletal structure to organize the insertion of three building compounds into the matrix of windswept coastal fields. The project artfully integrates restrained interventions with the existing fabric. This project has a lucid landscape structure and illuminates the peninsula’s striking beauty. more photos