Landscape Architect: Stephen Stimson Photography by Jonathan Levitt, courtesy of ASLA.
Come with us on a tour of landscape architect Stephen Stimson's award-winning 2017 project, Northeast Harbor, a Restoration on Mount Desert Island. Formerly owned by Charles William Eliot, the sprawling estate was upgraded by Stimson's firm with a focus on lost landscapes.
After crossing a granite bridge, a driveway leads to a carriage house and the main house.
The dwellings are embedded in a grove of red maples and native birches.
A small play area connects to woodland trails.
From the play area, a mossy trail winds past a woodland overlook.
A steel wall blends into the natural surroundings.
Deciduous and evergreen trees border a granite path.
Stimson's firm reintroduced red maple wetlands.
A footbridge crosses a swale garden.
The granite used throughout the site was locally sourced in Maine, and through Swensen Granite Works.