Journal — Landscape — — 4 min
Planting before building
At Casa Mare the dunes were restored two seasons before the first foundation was poured.
A garden planted on the day a building is finished looks like a garden planted on the day a building is finished. Young trees, bare mulch, irrigation lines in plain sight. It takes years to recover.
On Saadiyat Island we fenced the site and replanted the native dune species two full seasons before construction began. By the time the villas were complete, the planting had settled, seeded and spread.
It costs very little, and it changes how a place feels on the first morning.
It costs very little to do this, and it changes how a place feels on the first morning someone lives there.