ABOUT US SERVICES GALLERY HORTUS BLOG CONTACT US House of the Four Winds This project is the result of our collaboration with the client to restore a historic Howard Van Doren Shaw house and garden, ‘House of the Four Winds’, in a suburb north of Chicago. The intent was to provide a modern interpretation of this historic pleasure garden which would provide year-round interest and meet the new-age living and entertaining needs without giving up the original feel and structure of the space. All old stone was to be reused, not replaced, to ensure the integrity of this historic garden, and all infrastructural elements remained faithful to the original schematic plan. The formally arranged elements of running water, cool stone and shaded areas were inherent to the design, and those concepts were retained as key elements in the re-interpretation of the property. Layering of foliage was as important as coordination of bloom times in order to re-create the sensuous, historic feel of the garden. PREV FORMAL GARDENS NEXT CRAIG BERGMANN LANDSCAPE DESIGN, INC. MORE LINKS HORTUS Blog Press Awards Architect Partnerships Career Opportunities Testimonials CONTACT US DESIGN STUDIO 900 North Waukegan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 tel (847) 251-8355 fax (847) 251-8360 NURSERY 41817 North Delany Road Wadsworth, IL 60083 tel (847) 746-0342 fax (847) 746-6050 DESIGN Contact Design INSTALLATION Contact Installation GARDEN CARE Contact Garden Care NURSERY Contact Nursery © 1982-2021 Craig Bergmann Landscape Design, Inc. All Rights Reserved.