“Tree preservation is very important on this project,” says John Howard of Howard Design Studio.
“It would be easy to come in and grade the entire property, but we're making every effort to work around these extraordinary trees – one of those is a 50-inch White Oak that really dictated where we sited the homes.”
The natural setting for Kalmia View is a landscape architect’s dream.
In addition to the towering oaks and mature stands of flowering scrubs, Howard Design Studio will be installing a landscape that will perfectly complement the surroundings of the new homes.
“The approach is to think of it holistically as a small community of four homes that have a pleasing relationship with one another. They'll have this common thread in the landscape so that the lots will flow from one into the other.”
Howard says it’s been fun making the hardscape for Kalmia View that will give it a European feel of brick sidewalks, special pavers in the streets, and granite for the curbs and gutters.
“We're using real materials that have a wonderful tactile quality.”
While the hardscape will evoke Europe, the gardens will be more reminiscent of the Georgia and North Carolina mountains.
Howard says in addition to planting more Kalmia, they’ll be creating pockets of shade and open areas of sunlight.
“Because the land slopes away from the homes, one side of the home you'll feel like you're in the trees and will be more natural, the other side will be garden and more styled.”
