New Landscape for a Grand Old Home

For years this lovely Upper Arlington home sat in an expanse of mostly lawn, with only fragments of what may have once been a beautiful landscape - One could only guess. Now, once again it has a 'proper' setting.

Front on view of a two-story limestone house with stately, stone pillars in front at the sidewalk with lots of bright red tulips

Layered hedges and plantings have replaced the previously-sloped lawn at the house front, which offered no privacy or interest.

Angled view of limestone two-story house with long, narrow, sloped planting bed parallel to the house in front with bright red tulips at the top
Angled view of sloped planter parallel to the front of the house with lush boxwoods and ground covers
Street view of two-story limestone house with lush lawn and large trees and bright spots of red tulips in front of the house

On what was once just lawn, a path along the front of the house connects the patio areas on each end of the home, and adds interest and surprise to visitors at the front door.

Close-up view near front door with two decorative planter pots and swirling shrubs with bright red tulips on either side
Angled view towards front of house with neatly trimmed taxus hedge in a long row at the base of the sloped planting, and two red tinged leafed redbud trees
View of house side porch past big round boxwood and low taxus hedge and red tulips
A long walkway made of irregular limestone is lined on both sides with lush plantings and white and pink annuals

Little stepping stone paths and stairways bring surprise on walks through the garden.

An irregular limestone path winds through vinca ground cover towards the path at the front of the house
A narrow irregular solid limestone set of steps cuts through drooping oakleaf hydrangea and a crisply trimmed taxus hedge
A blooming oakleaf hydrangea drapes into view in front of a low stone wall with a neatly trimmed boxwood hedge on top and soft big evergreens above
A close-up of a white blooming oakleaf hydrangea drapes over top of yellow-green and green variegated hostas
3 ft. wide mortared irregular flagstone path is lined on one side with liriope and blooming pink and white annuals and on the other side with white blooming light green hostas
A close-up of a row of light purple allium in bloom

A Screened porch at one end of the house once felt like the least private space in the house, due to the house being at a street intersection, but not it is barely noticed although it has beautiful views out to the yard.

To the left corner of the screened porch, a beautiful arc of low boxwood swoops around to the left paralleling a irregular flagstone path in a blanket of vinca ground cover
To the right corner of the screened porch, a beautiful arc of low box with swoops around to the right paralleling and irregular flagstone path in a blanket of vinca ground cover
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