Greenlee Meadow Garden
John Greenlee and landscape architect Ron Herman's Mediterranean-style estate in California
By Jenny Andrews
Photo by: Saxon Holt
A planting of lupines is part of the perennials component of Greenlee’s designed meadow.
Photo by: Saxon Holt
Part of John Greenlee's "Mediterranean meadow madness" at the Marks home in Woodside, California, a mix of grasses and bulbs surrounds a fire pit designed by Ron Herman. The stone wall doubles as a bench, making a perfect spot to sit within the meadow and look back at the house.
Photo by: Saxon Holt
With its russet tones and swordlike leaves, Phormium makes a good companion for wispy Mexican feather grass, Nassella tenuissima.
Photo by: Saxon Holt
One of several terraces in the Marks garden becomes a nexus where the Herman part of the landscape (foreground) meets the Greenlee meadow (background).
Photo by: Saxon Holt
At the entry to the guesthouse, Herman used pavers as a permeable, “implied” patio, and a drought-tolerant combination of Phormium, Rudbeckia, Perovskia, Miscanthus and black mondo grass.
