OCEAN LAKE HAVEN

Gold Award—Residential; Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) 2024 International Landscape Design Awards

Creative homeowners envisioned a Japandi style (Scandinavian meets Japanese) renovation of their 1916 bungalow in Asbury Park. Uniquely situated on a freshwater lake, clients sought a high impact, low input redesign that reflected their desire to “respect and preserve our environment and be kind to all of the wildlife around us”. In such a unique setting, our design response was to compliment the house’s modern renovation with a grass forward, laidback, textural landscape that would animate the coastal airflow beautifully. Phase 1 encompassed the front entry garden, phase 2 envisioned a lakeside retreat with outdoor living nestled amid a naturalistic meadow edge offering all season interest.