Richard Hartlage Creates a Stunning Intersection of Art and Nature in Redding
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1/16Photography by David HealdA showplace of architecture, gardens and sculpture, InSitu is a series of 18 outdoor rooms that flow from the house down the hillside.
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2/16Photography by David HealdA 27-foot-long bluestone plank, designed by homeowner Mike Marocco with Pilato Bros., the masons for the project, is bordered by dense blocks of grasses.
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3/16Photography by David HealdThe eight-acre garden is nestled within the 312-acre Saugatuck Falls Natural Area, a landscape of deciduous woodlands, rocky outcroppings, and meadows; the meadow at its center was carved from the woodland.
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4/16Photography by David HealdFountain Bench, made of steam-bent oak, is by British sculptor Charlie Whinney.
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5/16Photography by David HealdThe stone steps were built by Pilato Bros. using material found on site.
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6/16Photography by David HealdPaths open to a sequence of hidden spaces each with a surprising work of art or water features. This path leads to Swiss artist Housi Knecht's stainless steel Swing, and then to Innocence by Pasquale Pilato, created from a reclaimed bridge abutment.
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7/16Photography by David HealdAt almost eight-feet high, Housi Knecht's Swing is both sculpture and water feature.
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8/16Photography by David HealdInnocence is set against stone, graceful dwarf bamboos and mahonia, a glossy evergreen shrub.
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9/16Photography by David HealdArchitect Daniel Libeskind'sfirst foray into furniture design was the faceted stainless steel Spirit House Chairs, set here on a gravel terrace beneath a canopy of sycamore trees.
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10/16Photography by David HealdBrazilian artist Artur Lescher's large-scale Sin Titulo (translated from Spanish as “without title”) are placed along the woodland trail.
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11/16Photography by David HealdTulipula is by Connecticut artist Babette Bloch.
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12/16Photography by David HealdLogan’s spring stone African Shona sculpture is set by the swimming pool near to the house.
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13/16Photography by David HealdEncircling the water-feature bullseye, Richard Hartlage created a 40- foot-wide border of black-eyed Susans, rudbeckia fulgida, a variety whose leaves resist mildew and stay green into the fall. Embedded in the flower bank is Disc Orb by Al Roche, created from reclaimed agricultural steel discs.
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14/16Photography by David HealdThe water feature at the heart of the black-eyed Susans, The Gathering, was constructed of granite by Pasquale Pilato. Parturition, the hand-blown glass floats in the pool, are by Cayn Thompson.
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15/16Photography by David HealdThroughout the garden, broad swaths of grasses and perennials form solid massed forms.
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16/16Photography by David HealdOne of the most interactive works is the garden is 3-Semicircular Mirror Labyrinth by Jeppe Hein, one of Denmark’s most celebrated contemporary artists.
This article appears in the November 2015 issue of Connecticut Cottages & Gardens.