Brief Garden - Beruwala

 Brief Garden is a landscape garden and former home in Beruwala, Sri Lanka designed by landscape architect and owner Bevis Bawa. Bevis Bawa (1909 – 1992) was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was a major of the Ceylon Light Infantry, a horticulturalist and a landscaper.

 In 1929 Bawa was bequeathed the family rubber plantation by his mother, Bertha Marianne née Schrader (1876–1946). The estate's unique name was derived from the fact it was purchased by his father, Benjamin, with funds from a successful legal brief. Bawa realized that he lacked the self-discipline to operate and maintain a successful plantation and focused instead on developing the estate's garden. The original estate was approximately 81 hectares (200 acres) with Bawa selling off portions of the estate to reduce it to manageable proportions. He continually worked on the garden until his death in 1992. The estate was inherited by his employees, with Doohlan de Silva, currently managing the property. Dooland de Silva worked with Bevis Bawa from 1969 to 1990. Brief Garden Designs is a subsidiary of Brief Garden private Ltd, which is a 5 acre landscaped garden, and nursery for ornamental plants & root-balled trees, & palms.

 For more information:

https://briefgardendesigns.com/

https://www.greatgardensoftheworld.com/gardens/brief-garden-by-bevis-bawa/

 We visited the Brief Garden during our recent visit to Beruwala, and also had the privilege of meting Mr. Doohlan de Silva in person for a short time, thanks to our colleague Archt. Iresha Katukurunda. Here are some photos taken during our visit to the Briefs.