THE SMALL PLACE 



This additional garden space is really what the 

 Germans call an "Abseits Garten" or a garden 

 outside. It originated in old towns where the 

 houses were so huddled together within the walls 

 that the gardens had to be planted, necessarily, 

 outside the fortifications. Here, the "outside 

 garden" is so close to the house that the careful 

 placing of entrances and gateways brings the two 

 properties together into one logical and structural 

 whole. 



