Our intent is to create new ways for people to think about and see the landscape. Upon entering "A New Arcadia" the visitor passes through the portal of the 17th century. Traditional landscape views, reminiscent of those composed by Claude Lorrain, are brought to life by a combination of living plants and painted scenery. One soon discovers, however, that this pastoral ideal is magically multiplied and that the landscape extends infinitely into space! The visitor is drawn from one plane to the next, engaged by effects of light, shadow and texture, and leaves the garden transformed by the experience of strolling through a 21st century Arcadian vision.

Designed and constructed by:
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Elizabeth Boults, Landscape Architect
Chip Sullivan, Optical Provocateur
Berkeley CA
(510) 841-1259