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A Look at Axel Vervoordt's Castle, Kasteel van ‘s-Gravenwezel

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    Once formally designed along geometric lines, the new prairie garden at Kasteel van ’s-Gravenwezel has been encouraged to run wild in colors borrowed from Axel and May Vervoordt’s favorite Abstract Expressionist paintings.

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    Heleniums, achilleas, and echinacea grow next to an orangery designed by Vervoordt.

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    Illustration by Jan Liégeois
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    Painter Piet Raemdonck’s mixed-media plan of the prairie garden.

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    Clipped boxwood grows in tamed contrast to the wild prairie plants.

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    ‘Red Baron’ blood grass grows through the sand.