Gardens

A Garden With Bluegrass Roots

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Malvern, a classic Georgian manor, was designed by architect Ogden Codman, Jr., who also created Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Breakers in Newport, RI.

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

A central lawn.

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The reflecting pool captures the changing moods of the sky.

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Homeowners, Babs and Lee Robinson.

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A seventeenth-century Spanish wellhead tucked into an alcove.

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Two of four parterres that feature boxwoods, English ivy, and limestone statuary.

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Malver’s brick-walled front entrance.

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

A wrought-iron gateway frames the pool.

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Purple allium.

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An eighteenth-century English armillary sphere overlooking the bluffs.

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

The rose-covered pergola and gardener’s cottage beyond.

Photo: Andrew Hyslop

Photo: Andrew Hyslop