Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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54 SPRING 2019 A N OLD RUTTED LANE IN WEST GLOUCESTER LEADS to what was once a pig farm. Sought-after landscape designer Hilarie Holdsworth, prin- cipal at Hilarie Holdsworth Design, lives at the end of this tree-lined road with her husband, Eric, in what can best be described as a mini-estate. The property consists of 3.5 acres of wooded and open landscape dominated by an 18th-century reclaimed Maine barn. In 1998, this fabulous old cowshed was dismantled and rebuilt for the Holdsworths by a company called Barnstormers Wood. Living in a renovated old barn fits the playful personality of Holdsworth, who truly values the history of her home and landscape. Coming from a family of devoted gardeners, Hold- sworth is continually inspired by the drama and lush- ness of Cape Ann. Her educational background, focusing on art and illustration, gives her an edge as a land- scape designer. "You get a better idea of how to have a restrained palette, what colors work well together…and the importance of repeating elements in a landscape." And her design philosophy is simple: Always have structure in a landscape project, but use whimsy to "tickle people's fancy." For over twenty years Holdsworth has been growing her business while tending her own land with a cadre of helpers. The first landscape project was to create a "skirt of interest" around the perimeter of the home. On the east side is a 24-year-old espaliered dwarf pear tree cultivate nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ Clockwise from top left, A bumblebee clings to a delicate spire of mullein. Tall Italianate-style boxwood give height to the Round Garden. An inviting seating arrangement surrounded by succulent-filled containers. Borders of white and pink herbaceous peonies line a wooden fence.