Landscape design fits a family
When searching for a new home for her family of four last year, Wendy Berry fell in love with the landscape design and striking pool of this home, although the…
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Making a landscape list and checking it twice
To create a luscious landscape that’s suitable to you and your home, it’s crucial to establish a collaborative partnership with your landscaper, says Lee Markowsky, a master OCNT (Ohio Certified Nursery Technician)…
Swimming pool brings the outdoors in
If the weather does not permit enjoyment of this home’s outside swimming pool, the homeowner and any guests are able to move the party inside and take advantage of a heated…
Inground pool in a luxurious landscape
Reclining in a comfortable lounge chair, I hear the sound of water gently cascading and birds chirping in the flower garden as my family enjoys our inground pool. We are…
Backyard makeover preserves history
It seemed a rather daunting task—transform an overgrown back yard into an outdoor paradise that replicates the historic beauty found inside Mark and Kathy Willis’ Eaton home, but with help…
Plan ahead with peonies
Peonies are perennial favorites in the flower garden. Few herbaceous plants can rival them for floral display and foliage. Their exquisite, large blossoms, often fragrant, make excellent cut flowers and…
Paradise found in inground pool
Most new homeowners put their back yard on the “back burner,” placing its design installation at the end of their to-do list. But Susan Ferenc and John Bell considered the back…
Backyard landscape fit for all ages
Often, when couples are renovating their home and dealing with interior designers and architects, the outdoor living space gets pushed aside and essentially forgotten. This is not the case for Joe…
Swimming in the shade
The faint sound of children giggling as they run from the playground and splash into their pool; the delicious scent of hot dogs and marshmallows roasting over an open fire;…
Deck design rules the back yard
When Nicole and Bill Fish purchased their Hyde Park home about six years ago, they could already picture the parties. They could imagine the kids playing in the back yard,…
Green and serene
The home of Henk and Ruby DeRee is well situated on the beautiful Muirfield golf course in Dublin, with a serene view of the fairways and greens that extend the…
Landscape design with a lofty overlook
“There is nothing more relaxing and serene than letting my eyes sweep across the lake and on up the hill to the club house, especially when it’s dusk and all…