A Meadow Front Yard for Martin Architects by deMauro + deMauro
Photography courtesy of deMauro + deMauro, unless otherwise noted. This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. They hired the sisters to design the landscape outside of Martin Architects, Nick’s new Bridgehampton office on the Montauk highway. For the meadow in front of Martin Architects, the deMauros devised an interspecies matrix planting. “To transform the space, we removed the asphalt driveway, regraded the land because the pitch was so bad, with the goal that it wouldn’t need irrigation,” says Nick. For the hardscape, the sisters chose stone dust for the driveway and paths. They had roughly plotted out a matrix on paper in the office before “throwing it all up in the air come planting time,” says Anna, with a laugh, of their instinctual process. In front of the property is an old footpath that has been worn away by people walking along it over the years. ‘Silver Column’ willow trees flank the driveway. “We have friends stopping by to ask about our plant lists,” says Christina. Photograph courtesy of Nick and Christina Martin. At the back of the property, Anna and Emilia planted a loose allée of native single stem Magnolia virginiana ‘Green Shadow’ trees, leading to a wood sculpture. The whole office came out to plant the meadow together.