LCA 2013 Awards The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design throughout our region. This annual competition […]

LCA 2012 Awards Each December as winter socks in, members of the landscaping industry gather to celebrate a sunnier time of year with the “Excellence in Landscape” awards. Sponsored by […]

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 Country home design style. They hired […]

The Great Outdoors During the remodel of a grand Alexandria, Virginia, house, the owners tapped Botanical Decorators to create a landscape to match, with a historical feel, spacious lawn and […]

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 of tasks that included creating suitable […]

Classic Design After installing a brick archway and stone waterfall for a repeat client, Live Green Landscapes was asked to add a series of outdoor “rooms” to the Reisterstown, Maryland, […]

How do you protect a waterfront property from erosion and flooding while preserving its aesthetic appeal? Protection against erosion and flooding usually starts at the shoreline. One of the options […]

Mediterranean Vibe On the grounds of a Gibson Island residence, interior designer Erin Paige Pitts worked with landscape architect Jay Graham to create an idyllic outdoor “room” overlooking the Magothy […]

Outdoor Living It’s been a while since designing a landscape simply meant planting beautiful flowers and rolling lawns. Today, homeowners are looking for much more than a thriving garden: They […]

Outdoor Vision It’s easy for homeowners planning a landscape project to come up with a wish list of desired features. What is not so easy is creating a design that […]

Ask the Pros: Landscape Architecture What regulations should homeowners keep in mind when designing a landscape project in a critical area? One limiting factor in Maryland is that there is […]

The Great Outdoors LIGHT & AIRY An airy silhouette characterizes Gloster’s Vista Collection of coated aluminum seating, created out of curved horizontal bands that let in the light. Available in […]

When architect Faith Nevins Hawks and her husband, John Hawks, couldn’t find a country house to restore, they decided to build one from scratch. The couple purchased a 79-acre property […]

Historic Idyll A couple had finally found their ideal country home: an 18th-century historic farmhouse in Orlean, Virginia. Though they wanted a rustic, serene setting in which to entertain family and […]

All in the Details When repeat clients hired McHale Landscape Design to take the lead in building their dream home in Northern Virginia, they wanted to create the same level […]

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 vision” for the project. Cohen got […]