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A dining area overlooks the pool house, which was designed to integrate with the architecture of the home.
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Richard Arentz transforms a difficult lot into a lush, secluded poolscape.
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The stately, formal garden mirrors the home's architecture.
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A chateau-style home in the Shenandoah Mountains
gets a formal landscape to match.
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A hammock provides a restful retreat from which to enjoy nature.
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A landscape by Guy Williams creates soothing
vistas, secluded gathering spots, and moments of surprise.
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The Richard Frinier Collection for Brown Jordan.
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The latest products make outdoor living a breeze.
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Lewis Aquatech pool scape.
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Design pros reveal eight creative solutions that transform basic backyards into resort-like havens at home.
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Sweeping gravel walkways bracket the koi pond and connect it to the large expanse of lawn used for entertaining.
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A DC Design House garden is rejuvenated by Scott Brinitzer.
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A large magnolia and crape myrtle shade the new driveway of the Colonial-style home.
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An improved landscape enhances a Colonial-style home on Weems Creek.
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The focal point of this lavish pool scape is a stately stone wall.
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A Georgian-style house gets a landscape to match.
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McHale Landscape Design created a pool with a pergola
on this property.
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For pros and clients, landscape schematics offer a valuable overview of a complex process.
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A pergola-covered slate patio provides space for dining and relaxing.
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A team of experts creates a waterside playground for family gatherings.
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The pool reflects the newly designed pool house, waterfall fountain and fireplace.
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Designer Kristin Peake and McHale Landscape Design collaborate on a luxurious outdoor space.
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A dogwood offers shade and a natural divide between the dining area and the pool.
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Town Creek Landscaping creates a backyard retreat fit for a family.
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From the back of the house with its patio space, wide stairs lead down to the yard and pool.
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Botanical Decorators' dramatic landscape is based on strong geometry and use of color.
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Howard Cohen planted a colorful mix around a waterfall.
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A luxurious oasis by Surrounds, Inc., provides lush foliage, water features and a panoramic view.
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Multiple terraces and low-growing groundcovers surround a three-level pool.
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McHale combines sleek lines with a traditional design to create an elegant, welcoming outdoor space
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Surrounded by lush shrubberies, the pool is beautifully illuminated from within.
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Magnolias form an intimate canopy around the pool of this project by Scott Brinitzer.
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McHale landscape architect Anthony Cusat created this elegant outdoor entertaining space.
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Landscape pros share tricks of the trade on the design process.
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A pergola is surrounded by trumpet vines, lantana, boxwood and ferns.
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A stately residence finds its niche in a well-ordered landscape.
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Hydrangeas, crape myrtle, black-eyed Susans surround the pool.
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An elegant landscape provides a gathering place for family and friends.
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An outdoor oasis by Douglas Burton and Raed Alawadhi of Apartment Zero.
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A host of new, innovative products makes outdoor living a breeze.
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Architect Merle Thorpe sited the screened structure to maximize views of Broad Creek.
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An open-air great room transforms a weekend escape in St. Michaels.
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An award-winning project installed by Walnut Hill Landscape Company.
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An updated landscape design imbues a home with color and life.
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An award-winning project by Surrounds Landscape Architecture + Construction, Inc.
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Surrounds, Inc., turns a flat, featureless property into a multi-level outdoor living space.
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An award-winning project by McHale Landscape Design, Inc.
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With help from McHale Landscape Design, a weekend getaway becomes a permanent home.
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At the rear of the lot, a former garage on higher ground is now a writing studio with its own secluded garden.
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A touch of Maine transforms a Cleveland Park lot into a rich natural landscape.
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An open-air gazebo overlooks a spring-fed pond on Bob Haney’s Howard County property.
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Bob Haney transforms a five-acre blank slate into a playground full of meandering paths, lush plant life and water everywhere.
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Landscape designer Tom Mannion transformed Candy Crowley's narrow yard into a tropical oasis.
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When she's not covering presidents about politicos, CNN's Candy Crowley enjoys her new garden and a home filled with personal mementoes.
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Botanical Decorators' Brian Hahn created this poolside paradise complete with cascading waterfalls, color-changing lights, a decorative arbor and an outdoor grilling area.
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Experts shed light on the ins and outs of planning a successful landscape project.
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NVBlu linked a rear patio to the side yard, which was big enough for an expanded patio and a negative-edge pool.
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Dramatic landscape plans create luxurious spaces for relaxing and entertaining.
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Waterfalls cascade over natural boulders into this hot tub and pool by Outdoor Impressions.
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Steep slopes often require ingenuity in design, especially when they rise from the back of the house to the rear property line.
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Botanical Decorators created an area ideal for outdoor entertaining in a Darnestown, Maryland, home.
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Two years after landscape architect Stephen Wlodarczyk of Botanical Decorators completed a master-plan installation for clients in Darnestown, Maryland, they called him back for an update.
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Chapel Valley landscape architect Jonathan Swanson replaced a brick pool terrace with flagstone.
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Older gardens can become outmoded quickly; the four-acre property surrounding an 1880s Baltimore home is a case in point.
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The pool is raised above ground level and looks out over the Chesapeake Bay.
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The homeowner asked McHale Landscape Design to create a setting that made him feel as though he was on permanent vacation.
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In front of the house, Surrounds built a formal, elliptical-shaped guest entry of brick and flagstone.
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Faced with a span of only 15 feet from the kitchen window to the rear property line, most homeowners wouldn't begin to consider building a backyard entertaining area.
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