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Pool - mid-sized traditional side yard concrete paver and custom-shaped pool idea in Boston

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Home design - contemporary home design idea in Richmond

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Design ideas for a modern landscaping in New York.

This mid century ranch home was surrounded by a large mostly level yard with beautiful mountain stone outcroppings slicing through the sod covered expansive lawn. What it lacked was height variation and color. We added beautiful “Kousa” Dogwoods and “Bloodgood” burgundy leafed vertical Jap. Maples for some of that vertical interest. “Encore” Azaleas added structure and Spring / Fall color while “Annabelle” hydrangeas added the cheerful large white blooms across the beds on the entire property. We beefed up the preliminary plantings along their long almost bare wood fence with stunning blooming “Vitex” trees and wispy full Miscanthus Grass along with substantial “Shasta” Daisy and other perennials. Now it is brimming with fullness and interest.

King Garden Designs
This is an example of a traditional landscaping in New York.

Newly seeded lawn after first season of growth. Transplanted Burning Bushes, transplanted ground cover and new Hydrangeas and Dogwood. King Garden Designs

Patio constructed using Techo-Bloc Blu 60mm slabs in the Sandlewood blend. Kichler path lights are used to illuminate the patio/walkway and the boulders and flowering plants within the landscape beds.

Alan & Linda Detrick Photography
Inspiration for a rustic landscaping in Newark.

Photo of a landscaping in Portland.

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Inspiration for a modern patio remodel in Detroit

Walkway connecting the large paver patio with the driveway. The patio was constructed using Techo-Bloc Blu 60mm slabs in the Sandlewood blend. Kichler path lights are used to illuminate the patio/walkway and the boulders and flowering perennials within the landscape beds, while Kichler accent lights were placed beneath the larger accent plants of the landscape, including a Japanese White Pine and scattered Kousa Dogwood trees.

Alan & Linda Detrick Photography
This is an example of a traditional landscaping in Newark.

Stachys hummello stand tall in a Middlebury garden.
Inspiration for a mid-sized full sun backyard landscaping in New York.

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Inspiration for a traditional landscaping in New York.

Flowering garden and privacy screening for three season screen porch in Pittsford, NY. Korean Kousa Dogwood provides early Summer star shaped blooms, Summer/Fall red fruit, stunning Fall color, exfoliating patterned bark creates Winter interest. Re-blooming 'Twist and Shout' Hydrangea blooms from early Summer till frost and displays Fall color. Fragrant Viburnum create interest and fragrance.

Wolf's Eye Kousa Dogwood at back with Camperdown Elm. Yellows and whites highlight spring garden. Dwarf Blue Spruce comes to promininece in Winter. Photo by Linda Thayer

King Garden Designs
This is an example of a traditional landscaping in New York.

The foundation plantings were full of volunteer shrubs and poison ivy, but the owners wanted to keep this young Kousa Dogwood as part of the new design.

Alan & Linda Detrick Photography
Photo of a traditional landscaping in New York.