Mysterious Forest

The first is a spacious meadow, which serves both for sports and as a helicopter landing spot.
The area around the house was styled on a Karelian forest theme, creating a sense of coziness and harmony with nature.
The third zone is the territory behind the house, flowing gently into the surrounding forest — which tied the garden organically to the natural scenery around it and created the feeling that the site’s boundaries all but dissolve into nature.

Raised greening allowed us to recreate a sense of fullness and “let” nature onto the site. We aligned a pond of unconventional shape with the axis of the entrance to the house, integrating into it boxes of clipped cotoneaster that heighten the feeling of merging with nature.

The main road leading through the site is laid with clinker setts, with pebbles spread along its edges. On both sides of it we planted ornamental grasses, mountain pines and ground covers in a restrained monochrome palette, enlivened by euonymus. The role of the accent crown belongs to a huge mountain pine brought from Germany specially for this project.
Roughly every 30 m the road makes a bend, elegantly played up with a beautiful plant, so that the landscape looks dynamic and new each time. All the plantings are arranged in massed groups; we planted a great number of ornamental grasses, reed grasses, rhododendrons and other perennials. The plants differ in texture, bringing an inimitable character to the scenery.

The site is divided into functional zones, including a sunbathing area, a lounge zone furnished with comfortable seating, a glazed pavilion in a contemporary style, a terrace opening onto the pond, a fire pit area, an orchard and an orangery. Thanks to thoughtful greening, the zones flow smoothly into one another without making the space feel overloaded.
Different lighting scenarios — including tall bollards and integrated LED strips casting soft diffused light over the paving — make the garden feel cozy in the evening.