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Freedom & Formality

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An emphasis on evergreen binds the rooms of a South Battery sanctuary, where a manicured front garden blends seamlessly with the lush tropical plantings around the bend.

The firecracker plant, Russellia equisetiformis, is one of the many Mediterranean influences in the sunny back garden.
Caldwell’s iron entrance gate offers a glimpse at the garden’s plentiful evergreen elements, like boxwood and sago palm.
Pineapple lily, Eucomis comosa, is one of Andree and Robert’s unique perennial finds, so named for the cluster of leafy bracts that resemble its pineapple moniker.
Reflecting Caldwell’s affinity for art across several mediums is this hand-painted Mexican pot that often doubles as a birdbath in the side garden.
Bordering the path in the front garden is a privacy wall draped in Confederate Jasmine vines.
An iris and various grasses border a small fountain and bog pool.
Shade-loving foliage and flowering plants fill in around the English parterre.
Resident Andree Caldwell and landscaper Robert O’Dell unite the spaces in her South Battery garden—including the shady front garden, with its formally laid-out beds and manicured shrubs reminiscent of English and French styles, and the tropical side garden dotted with flowering perennials—by infusing each with a predominantly evergreen structure.
Terrestrial orchids add color and detail to the abundant evergreen foliage.
A new leaf forms on a banana plant in the side garden.
Dwarf umbrella plant, Cyprus alternifolius
The flowering abutilon is a bushy, semi-woody perennial that thrives in abundant sunlight.
Photography by Terry Kuzniar