The Donnerl and Martin gardens, seen on the left, are good examples of typical ground geometries employed by Thomas Church in his mid-century gardens. The plans for the Appert and Richardson gardens, seen on the right, illustrate the patterning typical of Royston's landscape designs during the same period.
Thomas Church often used a regular grid pattern composed of equal sized components. This grid was created from decking, pavement, or a combination of both and was juxtaposed with a free form edge or shape. Some of the best known Church gardens of the time, the Donnel Garden in Sonoma, Ca., the Martin Garden in Aptos, Ca. provide excellent examples of this design strategy.
Royston gardens by comparison are less obviously structured.
