Featured Project: Earl Major Estate in Newton

The Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) awarded Dan K. Gordon Landscape Architects for their outstanding quality, craftsmanship, creativity and artistry on the Earl Major Estate in Newton, Massachusetts.

(Photography by Richard Mandelkorn)

The Earl Major Estate was built in the early 1930’s and sits on 1.8-acres. The new homeowners were planning an addition that would involve outdoor entertaining, pool and sweeping lawn space for recreational activities. When Dan K. Gordon Landscape Architects arrived at the estate, the landscape had fallen into disrepair and the steeply sloped landscape was overgrown. As lead design consultant for all site improvements, the final result is a stunning landscape that looks like it has always been there.

(Photography by Sam Gray)

(Photography by Richard Mandelkorn)

The front exterior of the home has a modified quatrefoil arrival court that features a custom paving pattern and banding, and a new side garden that has a bluestone ellipse and landscape.

(Photography by Richard Mandelkorn)

The home’s rear exterior has a several-level grading plan that creates a sweeping landscape. An intimate dining terrace adjacent to the home overlooks a new parterre garden.

(Photography by Richard Mandelkorn)

Down one more level is the new pool, surrounded by separate gathering spaces and descending graded lawn. In addition, a new formal lawn adjacent to the living room is tightly framed in a tall yew hedge.

 Project Details: Landscape Architecture by Dan K. Gordon Landscape Architects, Custom Build by Kenneth Vona Construction, Landscape by Schumacher Companies, Merrimack Design Associates.