we bought our 1930 Tudor Rival on the corner of Cherokee Drive and Oneida Place, with a vision of bringing its character back to life. Inside and Out. The garden was a blank slate, overgrown and heavy with evergreens that hid the home's charm.

Over the years, we've slowly reshaped the landscape to let the house breathe again. Boxwood balls now line the aging yews, English roses and hydrangeas soften the structure, and window boxes spill with seasonal blooms. It's a balance of formal lines and romantic planting. A juxtaposition between masculine and feminine, formal and informal. 

This is a garden in progress, rooted in tradition but always evolving. Along the way, we've had to say goodbye to a couple mature white oaks and a beloved courtyard magnolia, losses that changed the landscape in ways we hadn't anticipated. Yet, in their absence, we found an opportunity to reimagine the space and plant for the future.

In place of what was lost, we've added a long missed American Chestnut and a Sycamore, trees that will one day tower over this south facing home and restore the shade that once defined the yard. It's a slow vision, one that will take decades to unfold, but every garden, like every old home, tells a story that continues long after us.