A little bit about the owners . . .

Gardens designed and planted by principal owners Ian Gribble and Catharine Cooke have transformed many properties in the Connecticut/New York area into landscapes of quiet charm and beauty. Their own garden as well as several of their client’s have been featured on several garden tours and met with great enthusiasm.

They designed their present home in Sherman which is set on fifteen acres. The highest complement paid to them is “how beautifully their home sits in the landscape” which is something they worked hard on to achieve. Integrating home and land is important to them as designers and is certainly reflected in their work. There are several garden ‘rooms’; and, like all passionate gardeners, they are always working on creating new ones. They also keep a greenhouse on the property where they over-winter clients’ large tender plants, as well as grow annuals for the next season.

Prior to moving to the U.S. in 1987, Ian managed the land on his family’s 160 acre dairy farm in Kent, England. Catharine had a successful graphic arts studio in New York City.

Ian Gribble, horticulturalist, and Catharine Cooke, designer attended the New York Botanical Gardens in the late 1980’s, from which Catharine received a Certificate of Landscape Design and is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design while Ian earned a Diploma in Horticulture. They have eighteen years of professional gardening experience.

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