Echoing a Historic Landscape

This new garden feels like its been here forever - a pensive intimate space that can accommodate lots of entertaining.

The home remodel was performed by All In Wood Construction Inc.

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This doorway and wall invites intrigue, but also solved a grading problem of access to an old basement door.

A before and an after view of the house before and after the tall garden wall is installed

The wood screen below on the corner hides a hodgepodge of utility meters.

A set of natural limestone steps, wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, curve up to the upper patio

A graceful stairway connects a lawn area with an upper-terrace patio.

A wide natural limestone curved set of stairs lead up to a small lawn area, with a 4 ft tall wall enclosing it

An inviting gateway and trellis invites to places beyond and screens the patio from the driveway.

A warm gray latticed garden screen and garden arbor leads from the driveway to the patio
A delicate dark metal outdoor dining table with lovely powder blue cushions sits on a natural limestone patterned patio with a rounded edge and soft perfectly-pruned rounded boxwood hedge
The boxwood hedge at the edge of the patio edges a beautiful patchwork of textured plantings
A close-up of long natural limestone steps with a 3 ft tall curved natural limestone wall with green plants overflowing

A grade change offers the opportunity for beautiful walls.

A set of natural limestone steps curve up on the other side of a small rounded lawn
A set of natural limestone steps curve up on the other side of a small rounded lawn, with a natural limestone wall with plants draping over
A little flagstone path leads through soft boxwoods and flowering shrubs
A close-up of a piece of the natural limestone wall and wood door
A view of the small limestone patio and bright red fall-colored Japanese maple tree

This little jewel of lawn can be seen from the above patio and has views to the narrower side yard to enjoy.

A small, rounded area of lawn is surrounded by pink and white flowering plants
Two small areas of lawn are connected with a wide limestone set of stairs
A quaint overhead roof hangs above the side door of a stone and Tudor-style house onto the driveway, with flowering plants along the house
A curvy limestone wall has lush green planting above and below
A close-up of a tall limestone garden wall with a natural wood door
A 6 ft tall taupe garden lattice screen with a green hedge edges the driveway
A limestone flagging path curves toward the front door
A lawn edged with soft plantings curves towards the entry of the Tudor-style house

The neighbor’s driveway crowded the privacy - but the addition of this screen created an beautiful space nice enough to be used for overflow in large festive gatherings.

The 6 ft taupe tall garden screen lines the entire edge of the driveway across from the house, softened with green and flowering plantings on both sides
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