Catherine L Kauer
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Photo by Taylor Architectural Photography. Designed under previous position as Residential Studio Director and Project Architect at LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.

A safe kid's play area, viewed from the house, very low maintenance design, beautiful colors and multi-use patios, long season of bloom, changes through the seasons, providing privacy and entertaining patios were goals for this home. The backyard had been entirely unusable. The three little boys needed a safe place to play, out of the front yard. involved removing existing sheds, vaious concreteCatherine L Kauer

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Interior design by Kati Curtis Design http://www.katicurtisdesign.com/ Photography by Marco Ricca http://www.marcoriccastudio.com

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I've been on dedicated plant watch the past couple of weeks. With the temperatures rising here in the Hudson River Valley, my garden has just started to emerge from its winter rest. This past winter may not have had the arctic blasts and epic snow storms of the previous years, but it was still long and dark like any typical northeast winter. So it's always with giddy anticipation that I obsessively check in on the garden in the early spring for the first signs of green! The Woodland Peony has been one of the first plants to push through the garden with its rosy, brownish-green leaves. I mistakenly planted it last year near the hose bib, watched it bud up and then quickly get trampled by my children who have a frenetic passion for all things water. After I got over my sudden loss, I relocated the bare roots last fall under our old Crabapple tree at the front of the house. Unlike the more common peonies that thrive in full sun, the Woodland Peony is a nice, compact selection for the woodland shade garden. These peonies naturalize in deciduous woodlands where they can enjoy early spring sun and summer shade. I'm hoping that our Crabapple's canopy will provide just the right amount of filtered sunlight. The Woodland Peony, as with all peonies, is also deer resistant, which always makes for an attractive plant in my eyes. We live on a little under two-and-a-half acres of land surrounded by properties that find themselves somewhere between farmland, meadow, woodland and marsh. Needless to say, the deer are king here and our gardens suffer. My peonies were a gift, but came from Peony's Envy, a nursery located in Bernardsville, New Jersey. Their website is a great resource for all things peony. I'm hoping one day to make it out to their nursery to take walk among their acres of tree, herbaceous and intersectional peonies. PAEONIA JAPONICA Type - Herbaceous Perennial Hardiness Zone - 3-8 Height - 1.0 - 1.5' Spread - 1.0 - 1.5' Exposure - Part shade Bloom Color - White single flower with yellow stamens Bloom Time - Mid-Late April Flower - Fragrant Features - Scarlet and indigo seed pods, Deer resistance For more information on Paeonia japonica see the Missouri Botanical Garden's Plant Finder.

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Design Master Class: Bold colors transform a blah dining room. See Lisa Stewart Design Website Publications Page or Download the article here: https://lisastewartdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Lisa-Stewart-DesignNews-ObserverDramatic-Dining-Room2015-07-04.pdf

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