Give the lanes your quiet steps
Listen to the dews tickling your feet
Somewhere among the twigs, there is peace
There is beauty somewhere amid the trees
The first story. About spring
First, there was a house. Serhii Makhno created it for his family and called it Shkrub. The style of the house is woven from memories of Japan and dreams of a real Ukrainian house — spacious and bright, filled with ceramics and memory, wrapped in love. Shkrub was built in the contemporary Ukrainian style and became the embodiment of everything native and traditional.
And then, there was a garden.
Serhii Makhno wanted to have his own cherry orchard near the house to talk to the trees, listen to the bees buzzing and remember his childhood.
Thus, Japanese maples and cherry trees met traditional Ukrainian zoomorphic pottery and contemporary art. The land generously accepted 250 tons of stones arranged traditionally as in Japanese gardens — where it is believed that the stone itself must choose where to lie. So the wasteland disappeared and the birds chirped.
This is the beginning.
The second story. About summer
More than 200 inhabitants of the garden wake up with the first sunbeams: rhododendron, sakura, Japanese maples, firs, thuja, hydrangeas, and their relatives. Under the trees, there is an artificial lake with carps and turtle Vira.
Every resident has their own laws and rules. Together they are one ecosystem that feeds the body and spirit.
This is harmony.
The third story. About autumn
It’s getting colder. The trees give way to ceramic heroes — their time has come. The designer rabbits run around the garden and collect fallen leaves. Ceramic heads DUMA resonate with heroes that no one has seen before — they are hidden somewhere between the bushes. Autumn sways the water in the lake.
This is art.
The fourth story. About winter
Nothing better describes a winter garden than silence.
Everything falls asleep to wake up next spring.
This is beauty.
