A traditional New England style clapboard home in the Chicago suburbs necessitated a garden well-matched in tone, color, and style. McKay Landscape Architects created a cohesive plan for the site, matching the formality of the architecture with the tradition of more formal bedded gardens. Large expanses of lawn transition into the deep green of hedges and Boxwoods and the white of roses and other flowers. Green, blue, and white are the only colors present in the landscape, creating a simple yet powerful visual language.

The clients both attended college in New England and had fallen in love with the area; they wanted to recreate that feeling on their own property in the Midwest. Long dry-stacked field stone walls, bluestone paths and tasteful stone planters, succeed in reinforcing that effect. The meticulous landscape design mirrors the meticulous architectural design of the home; a graceful and complete harmony is achieved, displaying the architecture and landscape architecture as a unified whole.