Charles J. Stick and His Gardens Monacelli, September 2024

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New Dawn and Zephrine Drouhin roses, and Clematis climb the rose arbor at Waverley with Nepeta along the crushed river rock path. (Waverley). Photo by Charles J. Stick.

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In May, peonies line the pathway between the boxwood hedge to the garden pavilion. The pavilion was influenced by Lawrence Johnston’s pavilions at Hidcote in the Costwolds. (Waverley) Photo by Charles J. Stick.

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The Culpeper Garden by Russell Page at Leeds Castle in Kent, England. Photo by Charles J. Stick.

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An aerial, springtime view of the serpentine hedge at Waverley surrounded by magnolias, cherries, hawthorns and a spray of yellow and white narcissus. A large lead urn atop a column of limestone marks the high point of the garden. (Waverley) Photo by Paul Gaertner, Office of Charles J. Stick.

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The Jefferson House in the oak woodland honors the nation’s third president. (Crab Tree Farm) Photo by T.S. Elliott.

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A pathway cut through the west woodland frames the bell tower of the barns designed by Solon Beman. (Crab Tree Farm) Photo by T.S. Elliott.

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Atlas in winter at Crab Tree Farm. Photo by T.S. Elliott.

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A fountain basin creates an intermediate focal point between the Garden of the Four Seasons and the sur- rounding pasturelands. (Mt. Sharon) Photo by Charles J. Stick.

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Standard floribunda and grandiflora roses fill parterres in the Garden of the Four Seasons. Low hedges of Buxus ‘Green Gem’ define the parterres, while Hicks yew (Taxus x media ‘Hicksii’) frame sections within the garden. (Mt. Sharon) Photo by Roger Foley.

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In late spring, the herbaceous border is alive with color as roses bloom on tuteurs amid foxglove, catmint, and lady’s mantle. Wisteria covers a teak arbor in the background. (Mt. Sharon) Photo by Roger Foley.

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A French limestone statue of Atlas, sculpted by Andrian Melka, anchors the far end of the hornbeam-hedged serpentine opposite the Chinese pavilion. (Sleepy Cat Farm) Photo by Jeff Poole.

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Just off the Golden Path, the grotto emerges from a rock outcropping at Sleepy Cat Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut. Charles Stick relied on William Kent’s gardens of Rousham as the inspiration for the grotto. (Sleepy Cat Farm) Photo by Jeff Poole.

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A pathway, flanked by a Chinese lantern, connects the council ring and pebble terrace amid Japanese maples. (Sleepy Cat Farm) Photo by Jeff Poole.

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Horticulturalist Alan Gorkin and Stick conferring in the garden. (Sleepy Cat Farm) Photo courtesy of Charles J. Stick.

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Aristide Maillol’s Printemps sans bras among the topiary of American boxwood near the cascade outside the Barn. (Sleepy Cat Farm) Photo by Jeff Poole.

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The cat maze faces the pebble terrace across the pool. (Sleepy Cat Farm) Photo by Charles J. Stick.

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Green Velvet boxwood parterres define planting beds within the herbaceous and cutting garden at the Harris Garden in Lake Forest, Illinois. (Harris Garden) Photo by T. S. Elliott.