LCA 2018 Awards
The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association of Maryland, DC and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design throughout the region. This…
Formal Approach
When designing a large, stone residence in Bethesda, architect Glenn Chen Fong was inspired by the formal aesthetic of Mediterranean manor houses. His clients…
Grand Entrance
While architect Mark Sullenberger created a stately house in Potomac, landscape architect Jeffrey Plusen worked on transforming its barren, two-acre grounds into a welcoming…
Party Time
A couple living in Northwest DC’s Foxhall Crescent neighborhood hired Surrounds, Inc., to create an outdoor living area on their quarter-acre lot. “They specified an…
LCA 2017 Awards
The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design throughout the region. 2017…
LCA 2016 Awards
2016 LCA Awards Each fall as cooler weather socks in, members of the landscaping industry gather to celebrate a sunnier time of year with…
LCA Awards: Grand Retreat
Homeowners with a faulty fountain called on Hans Bleinberger of McHale Landscape Design to fix it—beginning a close and enduring collaboration. Bleinberger went on…
LCA Awards: Rustic + Refined
When Joshua Dean of Wheat’s Landscape arrived to revamp a McLean landscape, he found a soggy yard with languishing trees and a few ferns…
LCA Awards: French Flair
The owners of a home overlooking an Annapolis creek called on landscape designer Nancy Lowry Moitrier and her husband, Pierre Moitrier, to integrate disparate…
LCA Awards: Blank Slate
Clients building a custom home in Leesburg, Virginia, tapped landscape architect Chad Talton of Surrounds, Inc., to join the design team early on and…
LCA 2015 Awards
2015 LCA Awards The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design…
LCA 2014 Awards
LCA 2014 Awards The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design…
LCA 2013 Awards
LCA 2013 Awards The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design…
LCA 2012 Awards
LCA 2012 Awards Each December as winter socks in, members of the landscaping industry gather to celebrate a sunnier time of year with the…
French Country Style
French Country Style Clients who commissioned Creighton Enterprises to build their new house in Leesburg, Virginia, wanted the grounds to reflect the home’s French…
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors During the remodel of a grand Alexandria, Virginia, house, the owners tapped Botanical Decorators to create a landscape to match, with…
Natural Backdrop
Natural Backdrop When clients called McHale Landscape Design to refresh their Easton property in time for their daughter’s summer wedding, the job entailed a list…
Classic Design
Classic Design After installing a brick archway and stone waterfall for a repeat client, Live Green Landscapes was asked to add a series of…
All in the Details
All in the Details When repeat clients hired McHale Landscape Design to take the lead in building their dream home in Northern Virginia, they…
Grand Vision
On his initial walk-through of a lackluster Great Falls, Virginia, site, landscape architect Howard Cohen recalls the owner asking him to create a “grand…