On a mountainous site 3800’ above sea level, on the edge of two national forests, the owner desired a private seasonal retreat to escape the balmy summers of Charlotte, NC and frenetic pace of urban dwelling. The key was creating a place to reconnect with nature that would also serve as inspiration for her poetry.
It was the landscape architect’s goal from the project’s inception to preserve and engage the forests, ravine, and geologic outcropping with the client’s requirements for views and circulation.
The challenge was to create a unified visual language and link the proposed landscape with the mature forest while infusing the project with expressions of a verdant English cottage garden.
25+ years after its implementation, images of the Blue Ridge Cottage show how simple gestures, quality materials, good craft and understated elegance can result in an enduring sense of place where one can reconnect with what is essential and natural.
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