Master Plan
It’s not always easy to marry a historic property with modern requirements for sustainability—especially when the landscape is a 16-acre waterfront estate in Easton,…
Al Fresco Style
Al Fresco Style The owners of a 15-acre horse farm in Germantown who wanted the landscape to complement their traditional stone house hired designer…
Modern Aesthetic
Modern Aesthetic Clear and simple: A modern house requires a modern landscape. However, creating the exterior plan for this Bethesda residence was anything but….
Potomac Playground
Potomac Playground A formal garden in Potomac needed to reflect the style of the home—a grand, newly built residence designed to evoke a northern European…
Riverside Retreat
Riverside Retreat MARCH/APRIL 2011 A close collaboration between clients and designer transformed a disjointed, 34-acre Eastern Shore property into a magnificent riverside estate. Landscape…
Modern Med
Modern Med MARCH/APRIL 2011 A tiled roof, stucco finish and decorative arches lend a California feeling to this Mediterranean-style property in Alexandria. The owners…
Au Naturel
Au Naturel MARCH/APRIL 2011 A three-story addition to a residence in Great Falls, Virginia, was the key element in a new, panoramic landscape design….
Streamlined Style
Streamlined Style MARCH/APRIL 2011 A double vanishing-edge pool, open decks, a screened porch and masses of colorful plantings are the main components of this…
Gardens Galore
Gardens Galore MAY/JUNE 2010 A grand allée of willow oaks lines the entrance to this 25-acre Potomac, Maryland, property, a perfect welcoming touch…
Dramatic Discovery
Dramatic Discovery MAY/JUNE 2010 When landscape architect Scott Brinitzer encountered this new Bethesda, Maryland, house, it sat alone high upon a hill, isolated from…
Summer Sanctuary
Summer Sanctuary MAY/JUNE 2010 Informal plantings can be the best solution for a very formal landscape: They soften the straight lines of pool, patio,…
Dramatic Discovery
Dramatic Discovery MAY/JUNE 2010 When landscape architect Scott Brinitzer encountered this new Bethesda, Maryland, house, it sat alone high upon a hill, isolated from…
Summer Sanctuary
Summer Sanctuary MAY/JUNE 2010 Informal plantings can be the best solution for a very formal landscape: They soften the straight lines of pool, patio,…
Gardens Galore
Gardens Galore MAY/JUNE 2010 A grand allée of willow oaks lines the entrance to this 25-acre Potomac, Maryland, property, a perfect welcoming touch…
Dramatic Discovery
Dramatic Discovery MAY/JUNE 2010 When landscape architect Scott Brinitzer encountered this new Bethesda, Maryland, house, it sat alone high upon a hill, isolated from…
Gardens Galore
Gardens Galore MAY/JUNE 2010 A grand allée of willow oaks lines the entrance to this 25-acre Potomac, Maryland, property, a perfect welcoming touch…
Summer Sanctuary
Summer Sanctuary MAY/JUNE 2010 Informal plantings can be the best solution for a very formal landscape: They soften the straight lines of pool, patio,…
Natural Makeover
Natural Makeover MARCH/APRIL 2010 Sometimes, a facelift is just the thing. This was the case with a three-plus-acre property on a creek that flows…
Riverside Retreat
Riverside Retreat MARCH/APRIL 2010 When a retired Bethesda couple decided to modernize and enlarge their weekend house in Easton, Maryland, for full-time living, they…
Riverside Retreat
MARCH/APRIL 2010 When a retired Bethesda couple decided to modernize and enlarge their weekend house in Easton, Maryland, for full-time living, they encountered an…