A cut Eden stone retaining wall supports the upper mixed border. Now the front entry is fully visible and reached easily with new concrete walkway and stairs.

– Now the front entry is clearly illuminated with LED lighting as is the address plate on the new masonry pillar.

The original stoop was too small for guests and the railing not helpful.

The new masonry porch provides a great platform for guests with materials echoing the home. Plantings along the north side transition grades and separate visitors from the neighbor’s drive.

The magnolia close to the street serves as a reverse focal point from the porch and shields the small sitting area in the front.

Transplanted Green Mountain boxwood now serve as a formal clipped hedge below the windows and helps better display the herbaceous perennial border.

Plantings along the north side transition the grades to the neighbor’s drive as well as separating the two. A client request of a Leonard Messel magnolia anchors the northeast corner.

The small sitting area focuses on the mixed border where a client request of a mixed peony hedge anchors the top of the wall.

The south exposure was the only area to develop for their entertainment area. It also architecturally was very large and stark. It was also extremely hot.

The new south masonry porch matches the new front porch and has more negotiable steps to a small patio perfect for a bistro set for their mother’s guests.

The new cedar pergola extends the Tudor home into the entertainment space and shade the lower level and patio. Clematis vines were added to the custom cedar fence to slightly soften it.

Elevation drawings of Tudor style pergola and masonry pillars.

In June, Summer Cascade wisteria is covered with lilac flower racemes dangle down. The vine adds color, fragrance and additional shade to the patio area.

A Fastigiate European hornbeam anchors the grilling patio, shading the home and patio and breaking up the home’s façade. The bluestone patio is permeable to allow for healthy tree development.

LED lighting is extremely important with down-lighting integrated into the pergola and under-ledge lights in the new masonry pillars. Well lights uplight the hornbeam and reflect back to the patio.

Our clients continue to be ecstatic with the landscaping results and consider it the best remodeling they have ever done on their home!

Overall labeled landscape plan.