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…
Woodland Escapes
Woodland Escapes MARCH/APRIL 2010 An elaborate, natural-looking pool is the main landscape feature of this wooded, nearly six-acre property in Chantilly, Virginia. Landscape architect…
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…
Lush Life
Lush Life Tucked into Washington, DC’s urban neighborhood of Cleveland Park is a lush garden oasis. It includes an English-style border overflowing with roses,…
Lush Life
Lush Life Tucked into Washington, DC’s urban neighborhood of Cleveland Park is a lush garden oasis. It includes an English-style border overflowing with roses,…
Sculpting Nature
Sculpting Nature In the northern reaches of Howard County, Maryland, despite new development, you still encounter narrow and winding country lanes, pastoral farmsteads…
Living Large Outdoors
Living Large Outdoors Whatever it may be called—arbor, colonnade, conservatory, deck, loggia, pergola or pool house—the outdoor structure is a significant component of…
Resort Living
Steep slopes often require ingenuity in design, especially when they rise from the back of the house to the rear property line. Homeowners…
Circular Edge
Faced with a span of only 15 feet from the kitchen window to the rear property line, most homeowners wouldn’t begin to consider…
Water View
Good working relationships make all the difference in landscape design, so when Annapolis builder Bret Anderson of Pyramid Builders began work on his…
Garden Splendor
Older gardens can become outmoded quickly; the four-acre property surrounding an 1880s Baltimore home is a case in point. Chapel Valley has been…
Al Fresco Dining
Two years after landscape architect Stephen Wlodarczyk of Botanical Decorators completed a master-plan installation for clients in Darnestown, Maryland, they called him back…
A Timeless Design
A Timeless Design Gardens go in and out of fashion. When landscape architect Richard Arentz began work on a Northwest DC project several…
Georgetown Modern
Georgetown Modern In Georgetown, Federal style is giving way to the 21st century—at least at an R Street residence that is nearly all…
French Garden Flair
French Garden Flair When you think of French gardens, the elements that come to mind are wrought-iron fences, classic fountains, beautiful details and,…
Luxe Outdoor Living
Luxe Outdoor Living Brand new houses are a dream for landscape designers: There’s no need to rip out overgrown trees or reconfigure existing…
A Sense of Drama
A Sense of Drama Small yards often require ingenious design because there’s little space for all of the components a client wants. When…
Luxe Outdoor Living
Luxe Outdoor Living Brand new houses are a dream for landscape designers: There’s no need to rip out overgrown trees or reconfigure existing…
French Garden Flair
French Garden Flair When you think of French gardens, the elements that come to mind are wrought-iron fences, classic fountains, beautiful details and,…
Georgetown Modern
Georgetown Modern In Georgetown, Federal style is giving way to the 21st century—at least at an R Street residence that is nearly all…