Pinnacle Garden Estate
Community: Pinnacle Country Club
City / State: Rogers, AR
This Rogers property was designed from the ground up around a single organizing idea: a formal European estate, rooted in the Arkansas landscape. Brought in while the home was still being designed, we positioned the house and laid out the grounds together, with the walled garden organized along the key axes of the architecture. Arrival, movement, and discovery were each considered in sequence -- a loop driveway that frames the approach, central lawn spaces that open as you enter, and smaller garden rooms along the perimeter that reward a slower walk. A pergola, an outdoor fireplace, and a lion's head fountain give each part of the garden its own moment.
The Pleasure Is in the Detail
From the curl of a wrought iron handrail to the carved face of a garden fountain, this property rewards a closer look. The formal tradition it draws from has always understood that ornament is not decoration but intention made visible.
A Garden with a Center
Every axis in this walled garden leads the eye to something worth finding, and the lion fountain at the far wall makes certain you know when you have arrived.
A Garden That Keeps Its Word
Formal in its bones and generous in its spirit, this garden looks as considered in tulip season as it does in the long light of a summer evening.
Project Credits
Architect
Mike Garrison
Builder
Mark Smith
Photography
Susan Jasan
Masonry
Larry Mayes
