This modern family home sits atop stone ledges overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The newly constructed home is a contemporary shingle style with a twist of Vermont country. The first floor is anchored by a family style eat-in kitchen adjoining an open floor plan that takes advantage of the panoramic views of the Atlantic. The second floor is comprised of three junior suites and a master suite with a balcony. The three car garage, play room above and in-law suite in the basement complete the interior of the home. The approach up the driveway provides a glimpse of the dramatic ocean views through a passageway between the house and mature arborvitae. A series of retaining walls undulating from the ocean facing elevation creates gathering areas at different levels as the lot slopes downward toward the stone ledge. Photo Credit: Eric Roth

Our client wanted a permeable maintenance free yard that would help solve water drainage issues in her yard
Large beach style home design photo in Philadelphia

This design of an Upper East Side container garden is divided into two terraces that provide spectacular views of the city. On the main terrace, arborvitae line a corner to create a barrier from neighboring buildings, as well as enclose the space as an outdoor room. A lawn and lounge chairs help give this area a relaxing vibe, enhanced by a classical fountain. On the second terrace, containers with a variety of plants frame a corridor that mirrors the street and provides a great city view.

View from the fireplace across the yard to the pool and spa.
This is an example of a large traditional full sun backyard stone landscaping in Boston.

Photography by Katherine Palmer

Take advantage of tricky elevation changes by creating separate 'rooms' in your ‪‎landscape‬. Keep transition areas open for good traffic flow for easy navigation between the outdoor living spaces. Photography by Ron Capek

Before plant installation

Yorkville Hill Landscaping, Inc.
Inspiration for a large contemporary backyard brick and rectangular lap pool remodel in Chicago

Photo by Pete Cadieux
Patio - mid-sized traditional backyard stone patio idea in Boston with a fireplace

We were selected to create the gardens at the Washington Design House benefiting Children’s Hospital in Washington DC. Donating our time, and construction costs, we transformed a rundown and overgrown garden into a truly magical series of outdoor spaces. Since it was a “design house”, we decided to have some fun with our work, introducing a series of pea gravel “splashes” in the pond garden, enlivening the pool garden with brightly colored cushions and umbrellas, and giving the “dance floor” garden structure and interest by using Emerald Green Arborvitae columns and a mass planting of Rhododendron Roseum Elegance.

Side Yard with sod install in progress
Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional backyard landscaping in New York.

Herringbone pattern paver patio with cast stone border and evergreen screening. Photo by Pete Cadieux
This is an example of a small contemporary partial sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in Boston.

Custom pool and spa with spillover, patio with outdoor kitchen and built in fire pit, custom basketball court and emerald green arborvitae.
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Framing this gorgeous fountain with flowers and greenery creates a beautiful vignette.
This is an example of a traditional landscaping in Chicago.

Formal garden developed near beach area. Future pleached hornbeam hedge, colorful perennial bed, shade plantings, arborvitae screening.
Photo of a traditional landscaping in New York.

Mixed planting of feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster', russian sage, and juniper 'blue pacific' contrast a row of arborvitae 'green giant' and 'spring grove'. Limelight hydrangea peeks over the top of the grasses in the background.

Photo by Pete Cadieux
Patio - mid-sized traditional backyard stone patio idea in Boston with a fireplace

Douglas Bork - Elements Landscape
Patio - contemporary patio idea in Atlanta

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