Mirrors of Paradise

The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho by Guy Cooper and Gordon Taylor

How many garden designers recall choosing their vocation "While reading Euripides…" as Fernando Caruncho does here? The Spanish designer draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of precedents—the garden-academies of ancient Greek philosophers as well as historic gardens of Spain, Italy, France, and Japan. His design trademarks include geometric grids, refined and playful pavilions and gazebos, and calm reflecting pools. These gridded gardens beautifully reveal spirit through structure. If you want to understand the concept of "garden bones," immerse yourself in this book. The publisher mentions a garden project in New Jersey, site unidentified, but it should be easy to find using "Google Earth": just look for the landscape that suggests a botanical Mondrian.

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