Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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40 FALL 2019 M ARGO PULLMAN WAS WILLING TO WAIT FOR her Eden. Never one to rush into anything headlong, the artist/floral designer put all her pieces in order before diving into fully design- ing her own backyard. But that's the way Pullman rolls. She had a vision for her 1 1/2-acre West Newbury garden, and she waited patiently until a house addition was complete before swinging fully into action. In the meantime, she did a lot of gardening in containers. And that activity proved to be an internship for the contain- er-rich garden that she ultimately fashioned. Currently, Pullman is the vice-chair of the Museum of Fine Art Associates, responsible for guides and floral design volunteers as well as playing a key role organizing their Art in Bloom event. As an artist, she works in oils, pastels, and watercolors while also doing floral design and teaching. The fact that her art studio sits in the midst of her garden has everything to do with the final outcome of the design and the artistic compositions that result. Like a canvas, the garden provides a melodic, soothing backdrop for her work in the studio, as well as being one of the works itself. However, designing one static scene wasn't sufficient to feed her creative drive, so she additionally whips up 15-20 containers every year as a means to spin a new color story seasonally. The whole picture translates into living art. Of course there was a garden present before the 2010 addition—Pullman cannot reside anywhere without cultivate nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ Brick walkways meander through the gardens. Large urns become focal points in the landscape.