Kebo Garden

Bar Harbor, Maine

This multi-year project is on a small lot in downtown Bar Harbor that is the Home of my good friends and colleagues who own and run Peacock Builders. The house is a simple two-story, energy efficient home designed by Eric Reinholdt of 30X40 Design Workshop. The landscape design echoes the modern architecture and responds to the challenges of a small site on a steep hillside with close neighbors. The material pallet utilizes simple building materials, most of which were sourced nearby- charred white cedar fencing and trellises, water-struck bricks made in Auburn, Maine, an assortment of repurposed granite remnants and fieldstone. The landscape design also includes a small vegetable garden and numerous edible plants including raspberries, black huckleberries, lowbush blueberries, highbush blueberries, pear trees, apple trees, asparagus and grape vines. Many of these edible plants are integrated in otherwise ornamental garden beds, creating a garden that is both delicious and beautiful.

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