Wooded Refuge Dissatisfied with their sloping, heavily wooded lot in Bethesda, a couple turned to landscape architect Richard Arentz to tame the wild yard into an inviting retreat with a […]
Wooded Refuge Dissatisfied with their sloping, heavily wooded lot in Bethesda, a couple turned to landscape architect Richard Arentz to tame the wild yard into an inviting retreat with a […]
An involved client and a contoured site that was a “landscape architect’s dream” were the inspirations for landscape designer Phil Kelly of McHale to create a “California-style” garden and pool […]
Landscape designer Morgan Washburn of Botanical Decorators faced a daunting challenge: His clients wanted a pool for entertaining on their heavily wooded lot in Alexandria. “It was an extremely difficult […]
A charming cedar-and-glass conservatory creates a focal point in a McLean landscape project by Howard Cohen of Surrounds, Inc. Initially, “the client just wanted a koi pond and a greenhouse,” Cohen […]
Great Outdoors River View When Michael Prokopchak of Walnut Hill Landscape Company took on this project in Edgewater, Maryland, he was given a firm five-month deadline. The owners, whose children […]
A Natural Palette Plants from the surrounding Virginia landscape are reflected in this raised spa. Lewis Aquatech lined its interior and exterior with black glass tiles from Italy.A property overlooking the […]
Expert Advice- Between a Rock and a Hardscape McHale Landscape Design, Inc. The selection of materials for garden walls, walkways, paths and the like, collectively called hardscape, can make or […]
Country in the City Paths meander through this three-acre Georgetown garden, along a six-foot boxwood hedge. The property is perfect for entertaining, with its terraces, pool and hot tub and […]
California Contemporary to European Traditional When the timber retaining walls on his patio began to rot, Landon Reeve, founder and owner of Chapel Valley Landscape Company, decided it was time […]
A Suburban Resort These days, ordinary swimming pools are simply off the radarscope. Nobody who’s spending the money for a pool wants the standard rectangle or the boring old kidney […]
Patience Rewarded The fountain was constructed as part of the patio in phase one, and the pavilion behind it added later. When the owners of this Mitchellville, Maryland, home began […]