Landscaping
Jennifer Bakshi
URBAN OASIS LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Certified as a landscape designer by the
New York Botanical Garden, Jennifer Bakshi’s
spectacular English gardens graced the May
2010 issue of Montclair Magazine. She has
since downsized to a more compact property,
but there’s still plenty of room for varied
blooms and charming features.
OPPOSITE PAGE
A wall of Bakshi’s garage presents a mural of a
dancer painted by a friend. It is visible beyond
this path to the greenhouse.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT
An umbrella gives the sense of a ceiling in this
private, quiet space. Large urns spilling over
with flowers are regular fixtures of English
gardens. Brick pavers lend a natural look.
The tallest shoots in the center of this
urn are rosemary. Bakshi converted a third
bedroom into a four-season design studio
that opens to her garden. With ample direct
sunshine, she rarely needs to heat it, even in
winter. A cattle trough purchased at a
Flemington agricultural product store is made
of galvanized metal. Robins perch on its
edge to drink water, which a fountain feature
circulates. The hot tub is partially sunken
into the ground, and is made of preformed
fiberglass. The whimsical, decorative garden
beyond Bakshi’s front door is festooned with
topiary art. A boxed-in flower bed at right
sports blooms of soft blue and white.
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MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE MAY 2017
39