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OUTDOOR: Before & After

McHale Landscape Design conjures a verdant oasis in a McLean backyard

Outside Voices

Expert advice from landscape pros

Wildly Elegant

Brinitzer Landscape Architecture sculpts a narrow backyard into a tour de force

Idea Book 2026: OUTDOOR

Grand Award - More Than One Acre

Grand Award More Than One Acre Richardson & Associates For a pair of busy professionals eyeing retirement, a five-acre former horse field on a hilltop in Fairfax County provided the […]

Merit Award - More Than One Acre

Merit Award More Than One Acre Richardson & Associates This family compound in Alexandria, Virginia, formerly the historic Collingwood Mansion, was reimagined as a waterfront oasis. Bordered by dense woods on […]

Grand Award - Less Than One Acre

Grand Award Less Than One Acre FORM Garden Design Once the dust settled on the renovation of a bungalow in Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood, the owners enlisted FORM Garden Design to […]

Merit Award - Less Than One Acre

Merit Award Less Than One Acre CLINTON+RIES Landscape Architects CLINTON+RIES Landscape Architects was tapped to integrate two adjacent Chevy Chase, Maryland, properties—one harboring a family’s main home and the other a […]

Grand Award - Outdoor Entertaining Space

Grand Award Outdoor Entertaining Space Richardson & Associates Over the years, the owner of this home in McLean made improvements to the existing structure, which inspired the addition of an infinity […]

Merit Award - Outdoor Entertaining Space

Merit Award Outdoor Entertaining Space GTM Architects Poolside on a Potomac property, a clean-lined pavilion forms a dramatic focal point. GTM Architects conceived the 1,100-square-foot structure to create an al fresco […]

OUTDOOR: Before & After

“The intent wasn’t to blow up everything. The landscape design didn’t start from scratch, but it looks like it did.” Phil Kelly THEN NOW After a large-scale house renovation, plant […]

Outside Voices

Our Experts D. Miles Bernard, ASLA, RLA - South Fork Studio  |  Jeff Crandall, CLP - Scapes, Inc. Bernie Mihm, Jr., ASLA - Fine Earth Landscape, Inc.  |  Michael Prokopchak, […]

Wildly Elegant

A 1980s build near Turkey Run Park in McLean had water drainage issues, so the owners called landscape architect Scott Brinitzer to devise a solution. One thing led to another […]

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