THE BREAKERS
Cultural Landscape Rehabilitation of The Breakers, a seaside Vanderbilt estate on Newport’s famed Cliff Walk.
The Breakers mansion on Newport's Cliff Walk - image via Reed Hilderbrand.
The Breakers rehabilitated and historic entry - image via Reed Hilderbrand.
Historic landscape plan - image via Reed Hilderbrand.
Historic photo of layered planting structure - image via Reed Hilderbrand.
Cinematic views and "rooms" along serpentine path - image via Reed Hilderbrand.
Rehabilitated path at Phase I Ribbon Cutting - photo via Newport Daily News.
Rehabilitated path at Phase I Ribbon Cutting - photo via Newport Daily News.
Reed Hilderbrand designer Lindsey Luria and principle John Grove at Phase I Ribbon Cutting - photo via Newport Daily News.
Planting plan for Column Garden and serpentine pathway, drawn by Lindsey Luria.
Column garden plantings several years established - image via Reed Hilderbrand.
Garden featuring antique relic and custom granite benches recognizing donors, rendered by Lindsey Luria.
Donor garden plantings several years established - image via Reed Hilderbrand.
Location: Newport, RI
Status: Phase i Completed 2019; project completed 2023.
Landscape Architect: Reed Hilderbrand
Role: contributing designer from schematic phase through construction supervision
recognition:
2018 Laurel Award for Horticulture for The Breakers, The Preservation Society of Newport County
“Here’s how an iconic Newport mansion’s landscape is changing” by Kristi Palma, Boston.com, September 9, 2019
After conducting a Cultural Landscape Report on the historic landscape, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects led the reinterpretation of the cinematic serpentine path and Victorian era gardens to suit modern visitor traffic, sustainability principles, and maintenance resources. As a Reed Hilderbrand designer, Lindsey Luria developed the renderings, plans and details, planting list, and custom granite donor bench and assisted in the supervision of construction through Phase I ribbon cutting in 2019.