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with our work and we’ve been to some
beautiful places. But we can’t imagine a
more beautiful place, to us, than Figure
Eight,” Matthews says.
“Tony was instrumental to this
project. I cannot praise him enough,”
he adds. “Not many designers would
have worked without a detailed, formal
landscape plan — we did it as we went
along.”
The design began with the koi pond
and waterfall, just off the rear loggia.
“I told Tony what I wanted and he
just went to it,” Matthews says.
Parker adds that it was the most col-laborative
job he’s ever completed with
a client. He likes to listen to what a cli-ent
wants and what the site tells him to
do. His degree in philosophy helps, and
early on in his career, he was fortunate
to work with an architect who taught
him about spatial relationships.
“For this garden, we threw every-thing
in a shaker and this is what came
out of it,” Parker laughs.
“I think there’s a strong sense of
unity between the inside decoration
and the outside landscape design,”
Parker says.
The homeowners’ love of natural
materials ties together the house and
garden. So densely entwined, it’s hard
to believe the landscape is only about
six years old — harder still to discern
what is due South from what is truly
Southwest in this sublime, elegant
place.