When you think of French gardens, the elements that come to mind are wrought-iron fences, classic fountains, beautiful details and, of course, a place to relax with a glass of wine.

Small yards often require ingenious design because there's little space for all of the components a client wants.

Terraces always lend a grand, open feeling to gardens, but the starting point for this Vienna, Virginia, garden was simply to come up with useable space.

A formal, imposing house calls for a formal-style landscape, and that's one reason why the old swimming pool on this Bethesda property had to go.

Lewis-Aquatech completed a makeover of this client's swimming pool, located just off the rear of the house.

Breathing new life into lackluster pools and their surrounding landscapes.

These days, ordinary swimming pools are simply off the radarscope. Nobody who's spending the money for a pool wants the standard rectangle or the boring old kidney shape anymore.

Lush landscapes and innovative design techniques bring high definition to these inviting pools.

The entire area has been dramatically transformed, and the homeowners now have much more useable space.

A typical pool house may include a changing room, bathroom and a place to stow cold drinks and towels so guests don't have to traipse through the main house, dripping water everywhere. But the pool house that architect Randall Mars recently completed for a client in McLean is anything but typical.

Landscape architect Howard Cohen likes to work with his clients and translate their dreams into the perfect landscape.