Sky Garden at the Green House Doylestown, PA / 2023

The Green House Garden is a small outdoor room that extends the outdoor living space of an 1850s colonial home in the heart of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The plan centers on a lawn panel, bookended by a performance deck/stage adjacent to the house and a whimsical fireplace on the other side. The project utilized reclaimed and naturally sourced materials. The granite cobble paving, stepping stones, outdoor fireplace, steps, and seatwalls were reclaimed during the demolition of a pier at Penn’s Landing in Center City Philadelphia. The decking is random-width, locally sourced white oak from Northern Bucks County. Fastigiate Hornbeam encloses the space and is intended to be clipped into a formal hedge.