At an Italian Renaissance-style home built by George Applegarth for his family in 1916, Boxleaf designed a bold vertical rear garden for the new owners, who sought verdant views at every level. For children, the design incorporates lawn space and nature-filled niches for exploration and creative play. Using a limited color palette of greens and white, the garden is the focal point beyond the home’s full-height windows. This steep site demanded careful engineering, large-scale retaining walls, drainage management, and precise studies of scale and proportion to ensure the garden’s composition remained grounded and approachable, despite its verticality.