Assignment:
"Design a garden for a real place, with a real context. The garden must be located within the grid of the City and generally accessible from the sidewalk or street. The space should currently be vacant and should be no less than 5000 square feet.

Presentation:
The inspiration for my garden design was St. Luke's Church itself. I wanted to create a space that would balance the seriousness of the Church with something whimsical, something that would cause people to be inspired and for a moment stop and see something beautiful and unique and completely out of the ordinary. I had to be careful though; I had to respect the Church and not outcompete or overshadow its own unique beauty.
The general theme for the garden (ie: the grounds surrounding St. Luke's Church) was a medieval garden with an orchard, cloister garden, trellis, stone benches, roses, and herb gardens. In addition, a stained glass artform positioned on the dramatic slope of the east-west axis of the Church grounds would serve as the whimsical piece.
Instead of heading straight down the hill from point A to point B, one may instead want to discover the stained glass artform and veer off and contemplate, sit, think, talk, or just relax. When one reaches the bottom of the hill, he or she arrives at a cherry tree orchard. The orchard serves as an anchor for the Church and appears as a cloud beneath the lofty towers of the Church, softening its appearance as one looks up from the bottom of the hill.
Through the following series of communicative pieces, the process and form of the Church garden design unfolds.