Enclosed Gardens
The North Vista
This north-facing vista has changed many times since the 1920s when Farrand began to work on its design. She created the approximate proportions of the terraces that remain today, enclosing the different levels with tall hedges of common box, Buxus sempervirens. When the boxwood began to decline in the 1940s, Farrand preferred to renew the planting, but Mildred Bliss felt masonry was needed and a new wall was built instead. Other designers contributed to the design; Robert Patterson added chains above the stone walls to support the wisteria vines, and Ruth Havey designed the ornamental rail at the northern end.
Further Information
The South Front
- South Side of the House
- South Lawn
- The Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
- East Lawn
- R Street Walk
- The Terrior Column and Enclosure
Enclosed Gardens
- The Orangery
- The Green Garden
- The Star Garden
- The North Vista
- The Swimming Pool and Loggia
- The Pebble Garden
- The Beech Terrace
- The Urn Terrace
- The Rose Garden
- The Fountain Terrace
- The Arbor Terrace
- The Box Walk
- The Ellipse