A privileged tour of a lavish estate in Greenwich featuring an
abundance of garden experiences - formal boxwood and undulating
hornbeam hedges, dense woodland, reflecting pools, arbors and
follies - and a ferme ornee offering organic produce to the
community. Sleepy Cat Farm is the vision of one man, Fred Landman,
who acquired the handsome Georgian Revival house and grounds in
1994. Deeply committed to the concept of harmony between house and
garden, he has dedicated himself to the landscape to create a
garden of which the house could be proud. Collaborating with
Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and noted landscape architect
Charles J. Stick and drawing inspiration from travels in Europe and
Asia, Landman has done just that. The landscape unfolds in a series
of garden rooms and pavilions, pathways and pools, statuary and
staircases, trees, shrubs and flowerbeds, hillsides and vistas that
change daily, monthly, almost minute by minute, as the visitor
explores this undulating landscape of surprises, intrigue and
unexpected beauty. Names were given to the various aspects: The
Golden Path, the Grotto, The Iris Garden, the Spirit Walk, the
Perennial Long Border Garden, the Pebble Terrace, the Woodland
Walk. Buildings and follies were added, also with storybook
names--the Celestial Pavilion, the Barn, the Limonaia, the Chinese
Pavilion, the Cat Maze and Arbor. Down the hill from the main house
is an working organic farm that supplies produce to the community,
a project of Landman's wife, Seen Lippert, a professional chef who
worked with Alice Waters in California before moving East. Landman
and Lippert are committed to sharing the beauty that they have
created. They are generous in opening the property for charitable
events and tours of gardeners and horticultural enthusiasts,
particularly through the Open Days program of the Garden
Conservancy. As Landman says, One of my greatest joys is when other
people come here and get to experience what I experience every day.
The most important thing is that they leave happy.
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