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Maine Landscape Architect Bruce
John Riddell has created unique and timeless residential estate gardens
and public parks in coastal Maine since 1994. Blending natural stone and
native plants in a lyrical way, he creates the essence of pure gardens,
comprised of plants, stone, water, air, soul and imagination. He artfully
blends all of these through logical intuition, matching site, client,
architecture and design elements in perfect unison. Bruce has been honored
with national awards of recognition from the Perennial Plant Association in
2011 and 2012 as well as The American Horticultural Society in 2010. Over
the years he has also received numerous merit awards from the Boston Society
of Landscape Architects for his garden creations. His work showcases the bold
contrast of natural materials with man-made elements, native plants with
introduced species, natural raw stone and carved stone, color and texture,
light and darkness. He transforms the blank canvasses of stripped construction
into naturalistic landscapes with rich sweeps of native plantings and
magnificent stonework. Riddell is also expert in the creation of site-specific
garden furnishings including custom lighting, fencing, gates, arbors and
fountains. His attention to detail unifies the design concept,
from the groundwork, stonework and planting to the finest details,
making his gardens one of a kind every time. In addition to designing
and building dozens of private Maine estate gardens, Maine landscape
architect Bruce John Riddell has been responsible for several notable
public landscapes in Maine. As one the key designers at The Coastal
Maine Botanical Gardens: Rhododendron Garden, Shoreland Garden,
Hillside Garden, Meditation Garden, Rose Garden, Entry Garden,
Kitchen Garden, Visitor Center, Event Lawn, Great Lawn, and
Terrace Garden in Boothbay, Maine he has created a lasting legacy that
will be enjoyed by generations of garden lovers for years to come.
In addition to his Maine public garden works at the Coastal Maine Botanical
Gardens, Bruce has designed and created The Charlotte Rhodes Memorial Park
and Butterfly Garden in Southwest Harbor, Maine, The Veterans' Park in
Southwest Harbor, Maine and the Cliffside Site at Fort Williams Park
and Arboretum in Cape Elizabeth, Maine and The Zorach Fountain in Bath,
Maine. In all of these great Maine public gardens he has demonstrated
his unique landscape design talents of melding stone and plant materials
in an artistic and environmentally sensitive manner. Attention to
site-specific details, refined methods and materials, and a deep
commitment to sustainable construction and plant materials is Riddell's
hallmark of continual success. His mastery of stone in all design layers:
from sculpture, paving, walls and natural boulder placement has won as
much acclaim as his Beatrix Farrand-like English garden borders and his
ever growing palette of native plants and moss garden creations.
Bruce John Riddell transforms ordinary landscapes into extraordinary outdoor
environments that are not only functional but aesthetically beautiful,
timeless and spiritually uplifting. In 2010, the American Horticultural
Society named Bruce John Riddell the Landscape Designer of the Year.
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