From
InsideChic:
When we first dreamed of living on Patina Farm, we imagined that we
would spend our free time tending to the gardens and the animals. We
envisioned eating our chickens’ fresh eggs in the morning and cooking
with the vegetables and fruits we would grow. To make these dreams come
true, we first needed to design and build the gardens and animal
structures.
During the time we
were designing Patina Farm, we took our children on a trip to visit
colleges back East. To break up the many campus tours, we decided to
visit George Washington’s Mount Vernon. What a wonderful unexpected
bounty of inspiration! George Washington was the epitome of the
gentleman farmer. His gardens were the perfect combination of beautiful
form and function. Each garden had a formal structure combined with a
relaxed, unpretentious air. We were impressed by Washington’s ability to
create a self-sustaining farm with such charm.
We made note of the different elements from Mount Vernon that we
wanted to emulate at Patina Farm, from small details like the rows of
espaliered fruit trees on simple wood trellises to larger design ideas
like the symmetrical axial compositions of the gardens. I noticed the
way irises and tulips shared space with the lettuce and cabbages in the
vegetable garden. The natural twigs used for the sweet pea supports were
both practical and attractive. Even the most rustic structures, like
Dung Repository, with its gray wooden board walls, log columns and
shingle roof, inspired our color palette as well as helping us decide to
create our own compost area. (
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2 comments:
Lovely design but who is doing all the work? Their description is so romantic, but anyone who actually works on a farm will wonder who is cleaning out the henhouse...
;>)
Who's cleaning up after all those goats? No doubt they have have hired help. Or maybe they do it themselves.
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