As our garden expansion continues to take shape and as our cultural landscape evolves, we are delighted to share with you a few of the many facets of this incredibly detailed project … so you can see true beauty in the making.
The Project Unfolds
Our Longwood Reimagined project continues to make great progress as we get ever closer to our opening in the fall. This week, work is finishing on the pathways inside our new West Conservatory and then we will turn our attention to pouring the slabs for the interior water features. The Cascade Garden is also making tremendous progress, construction of the interior walls has started. In the coming weeks, we will bring back the stones that were used in the original Cascade Garden and recreate the hardscape. Prior to dismantling the original Cascade Garden, scans were taken of each stone and their location in the garden. The stones were numbered, removed, cleaned, tagged, and barcoded and will now be returned to recreate—stone-by-stone—the beautiful stonework that was an important part of the original Burle-Marx design. The interior work for both the West Conservatory and Cascade Garden is in preparation for planting, which is slated to begin in early April!