Armstrong designed this mossy, zen courtyard garden to mark the division between the public area of the house (the loft-like living room) and his "private inner sanctum": the master bedroom and his-and-her bathrooms. The plantings pick up on the golden hues of the carefully sited 19th century Japanese screen. Photo 17 of 29 in Visiting the Fishers Island House by Jaime Gillin

Visiting the Fishers Island House

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Armstrong designed this mossy, zen courtyard garden to mark the division between the public area of the house (the loft-like living room) and his "private inner sanctum": the master bedroom and his-and-her bathrooms. The plantings pick up on the golden hues of the carefully sited 19th century Japanese screen.