Checklist: Landscape
“Your outdoor space should be an extension of the lifestyle and aesthetic choices you make inside your home,” avers Andrew Ross, a design and…
Moment of Zen
While preparing to redo the landscape of his 1970s Great Falls contemporary, a client visited Indonesia and came home with an idea: to create…
Before+After: Landscape
“The house is almost totally surrounded by water,” says McHale’s Sandra Moffatt, who collaborated with Mike Miller on this Crownsville, Maryland, project. Located on…
New Leaf
A Great Falls family who had updated their house turned to Surrounds, Inc., to revive their rundown property accordingly. “It was an opportunity to…
Rural Spirit
The nostalgic appeal of an old red barn weathering away in a field of tall grass is undeniable. The iconic timber structures colored a…
Perfect Fit
Most established DC neighborhoods present a similar scenario: treelined streets fringed with vintage homes set a bit too close together. The privacy and space…
Natural History
“It’s a little like walking into Oz,” says homeowner Art Richer. Indeed, step inside the Reston, Virginia, abode he shares with wife Leslie and…
Full Circle
Scott Satin and David Thompson became fast friends as fellow architecture students at Tulane. The two even co-founded the design firm Assembledge+ together in…
Makeover Magic
VACATION LIVING After experiencing a resort with outdoor spaces chock-full of indoor-living amenities, McLean clients tasked McHale Landscape Design with turning their suburban…
Striking Shift
When a couple with two kids purchased a traditional Forest Hills residence in 2016, they assumed that everything in the home would have to…
Cutting Edge
OPEN & SHUT As part of an extensive redo of their outdoor space, Bethesda clients asked Joel Hafner of Fine Earth Landscape to craft…
Design from a Distance
OUTDOOR OASIS Glenstone has always practiced its own brand of social distancing. Since its inception, this private museum in Potomac has capped admissions so…
The Good Earth
During extended weeks at home, some have found comfort in returning to the earth—looking at our back and front yards, balconies and rooftops in…
Ebb and Flow
DC Water’s new headquarters perfectly blends utility and art. Positioned on a narrow wedge of land in the Anacostia River floodplain, its bold, curvilinear…
ZEN Associates, Ltd.
Week’s End
Exterior Photography by David Burroughs | Interior Photography by Angie Seckinger Sweeping vistas of Island Creek, a tributary of the Tred Avon River, sold…
Perfect Fit
The right waterfront property is hard to come by near Annapolis, where lots lining the Chesapeake Bay and its picturesque tributaries are always in…
Pot Luck
CLEAN LINES RH’s textural Vetro Planter marries weather-resistant resin, fiberglass and crushed stone in six sizes and two finishes: Dark Grey (pictured) or the…
Before + After
Walnut Hill Landscape Company A major overhaul breathes new life into a run-down Annapolis property. Click here. Scapes, Inc. A barren Annapolis…
Before + After
A charming home in downtown Annapolis cried out for a total overhaul of its overgrown landscape. The front yard was ragged and uninviting, while…