Violet Estate

KGK was invited to help improve the forever home for the Violet Estate. As a part of their lifelong passion project, the grounds of the property needed significant updates and KGK was ready to help. Working closely with the homeowners, KGK developed a full site plan including a planting redesign for the front courtyard, additional plantings and gardens around the home and grounds, and significant hardscape restoration throughout the site.

Visitors to the Violet home enter through the courtyard, featuring a formal English-style garden utilizing strong symmetry and perennial color. The wide beds surrounding the front yard were weeded and reduced, replacing outdated selections with more modern species. Bright white lucky stones beds were added to create a unique feature that helps reduce maintenance in the flower beds.

Around the home’s established potager gardens, additional rare specimen and fruiting trees were installed. In the back yard, KGK helped the Violet residents clean up their existing herb garden, featuring a traditional knot design. The existing sandstone pathways remained in place, showcasing a natural patina that would be impossible to replicate. Planting beds were cleared and salvaged plants were redesigned to include new additions, like the owner’s assortment of English rose selections. The random barnstone walls and caps were restored and reset with additional drainage added as necessary. Downspouts and drainage were installed and updated to create better conditions for the perennial garden feature, completed by others. Beyond the perennial garden, KGK helped to install all new sandstone steps, create a boulder retaining wall around the estate’s pond, and establish additional rose and shade gardens, creating idyllic backdrops around the site.