The cup of the land is edged by fruiting trees on one side – elder, rose, holly, hawthorn, with thickets of honeysuckle and bramble – and willows on the other.
In reality, Spike Island was an isolated field near Widnes, edged by stubby trees, pylons and a lurid green creek – as an island it was certainly more Canvey than Crete.
Gille conjures "vast, silent avenues lined with large houses" edged by plane trees and chestnuts, where Irène's family lived and where the little girl staged Napoleonic battles with toy soldiers.
"It feels gracious," Mr. Steier says, and so it does, surrounded by a white fence, lighted by metal lanterns and equipped with a grill, a table beneath a green umbrella and a pathway of grass edged by small trees and pots of flowers.
A Michelin-star restaurant, pool edged by lemon trees and an al fresco champagne-oyster bar seduce.
The long stretch of sand is edged by pine trees and offers views over the Îles Cerbicale.
The artist Ruben Toledo's cover for "Wuthering Heights," for example, which is edged by windswept tree branches like black lace, has the panache of a fashion drawing.
OUTDOOR SPACE: The house is on over six elevated acres edged by old-growth trees, with gardens and walking paths.
The views from the spot — today where Gilman Street becomes Eames Boulevard — still lure people to the area, all the more because of a narrow path-lined public park edged by London plane trees, which starts where the chapel used to stand.
Thirty metres in, but invisible from the road, edged by banana and papaya trees, is a small coca field.
