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by Harmony Design Group
Westfield, NJ, US 07090 · 143 photos
Timeless Elegance
http://www.hdglandscape.com

Classic Designs often work the best for a traditional style home set on a rural estate in Princeton NJ. For the dinning terrace a bluestone patio was installed with a brick inlayed rug. Plantings beds filled with perennials and flowering shrubs surround the patio and lead you down to the swimming pool. Built at existing grade to meet DEP regulations the swimming pool is the centerpiece of the back yard. The walls were installed with Pennsylvania Fieldstone and the pool patio is Blue/ Grey Sandstone.
The project was collaboration between Harmony Design Group and Ronni Hock Garden & Landscape.
Ronni Hock is also responsible for the photographs.

 
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What is this stone? It loooks beautiful! »
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ebony consolidated hi.what joins the stones together
6 days ago ·
Harmony Design Group The stone is tilted slightly back and we have clean 3/4" stone behind the wall and inbetween all of the stones. This is called a dry laid wall. There is no concrete . It is held together by the batter of the wall and the materials installed behind the wall. Its all locked together like a jigsaw puzzle.
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added by Frank Organ to Step Up Your Garden Game With Terraced Plantings
Traditional terraced gardens tend to reflect the planting style of the overall garden or style of the house. Mixed plantings of shrubs and perennials generally found in traditional plantings not only provide year-round color and interest, but also soften hard outlines of stonework. The real joy, though, of these raised beds is that the plants are brought up to eye level.This style of planting can be reasonably high maintenance, however, especially with the inclusion of herbaceous perennials that require attention throughout the growing season. For this reason, the retaining walls shown here are low, and the terraced beds are are kept wide in order to carry out maintenance safely.
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