I did the project pictured many years ago in central Indiana. My client built this house in the middle of 80 acres of farmland. He and his wife tithed the use of this land, to grow corn, to their church. The landscape became a farm, and the farm was a landscape. All of the woody material was planted in rows, as if they were crops. I designed a pattern of the planting of the corn perpendicular to the woody planting of the landscape, so as to connect this very large house to a large piece of ground. This many years before I ever learned about crop circles. Crop Circles…
I was especially happy with this landscape, as I was able to persuade my client to commit to a big idea, and use smaller material, so as to keep within their budget. Big houses need big ideas as much as small houses do. I have never been back to see the project, but I hope that it is all still there, sturdy and strong.
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