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May 30, 2019 · Off in the distance, black-eyed susans sway gently in the breeze, purple clematis rambles up a stone pillar, and boxwood shaped into perfect ovals borders the brick path leading down to the greenhouse. Gardening is a second act for Bevacqua, one born out of a passion, as they so often are.

Peter Bevacqua honed his gardening skills studying with Christopher Lloyd and Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter, and with Helen Dillon in her garden in Dublin. He came to garden and landscape design after 25 years in advertising, where he was creative director in the New York office of an internationally well-known ad agency.

The garden is featured in Gardens of the Hudson Valley (Monacelli Press), Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley (Monacelli Press), and Bevacqua is a featured designer in Garden Design Masterclass (Rizzoli) and the recent American Roots (Timber Press).

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Through these photos of my garden and of clients' gardens I hope to illustrate some of my gardening principles in use: the importance of a strong, underlying structure; a focus on form and texture; and the concept of laying out a garden formally, then informally planting it.

Garden/Landscape designer in the Hudson valley. Great Dixter groupie. All photos are taken by me.

This garden was created on the downward sloping ground between a 19th century farmhouse and the barn. The idea was to connect the two structures, while creating a sense of enclosure. The garden has a relaxed and informal feel, which best reflects the attitudes and lifestyle of its owners.

Garden designer Peter Bevacqua has used his governing design principles of structure, form and texture to focus here on native plants, with support from non-natives, creating a unique plant community.

Sep 25, 2020 · Now well on his way to becoming a bonafide garden designer himself, Bevacqua initiated further experiments, encouraging sedums and alpines to sprout from a gravel terrace behind the house and accenting another terrace with a swoosh of Panicum ‘Shenandoah’, an ornamental grass.