Cider Ridge Farm
Wilton, CT

Cider Ridge Farm is located on the outskirts of the colonial town of Wilton, Connecticut. The farm encompasses sixteen acres of preserved meadows and a historic working orchard. An eighteenth-century agricultural lane with fieldstone walls runs along the ridgeline of the property, creating a purposeful divide between the site for a new homestead and the existing agrarian landscape.

Two phases of work defined this project. The first, a new home for a young and growing family on the south side of the property; the second, the comprehensive restoration of the original nineteenth-century homestead on the northeast corner of the site. STIMSON worked closely with the owners to create a multi-generational homestead that expresses the contemporary needs of the modern family while preserving the integrity of the historic farm. The juxtaposition of old and new, rustic and modern, became a guiding language for the materials, planting palette, and overall landscape expression of the project.

The Comprehensive Plan included curation and long-term strategies for landscape management at Cider Ridge Farm.

Recognition
BSLA | Merit Award 2019

Collaborators
Beinfield Architecture

Photography
Neil Landino