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Front Entry Courtyard Garden with Fountain
Front Entry Courtyard Garden with Fountain
This formal front entry courtyard features a sunken urn fountain.
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Brick Walkway with Bluestone Inlay Surrounds Sunken Urn Water Feature
Brick Walkway with Bluestone Inlay Surrounds Sunken Urn Water Feature
Front entry courtyard with water feature surrounded by bluestone and lined with cobbles.
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Stunning Formal Garden in Winnetka, Illinois
Stunning Formal Garden in Winnetka, Illinois
Boxwood shrubs enclose perennial plant beds overflowing with hydrangeas. Daylilies and astilbe add punches of color. Shade flowers and a variety of trees add color and texture to the landscape.
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Front Yard Landscaping Creates an Impressive Winnetka Entry
Front Yard Landscaping Creates an Impressive Winnetka Entry
This magnificent home’s garden extends beautifully into the front yard. Landscaping ideas such as carefully manicured boxwood hedges, red decomposed granite pathways and surfaces, and bluestone slabs are carried through to the formal entry for a consistently elegant look. The geometric lines and the proportions determined in the expansive rear and side gardens are established […]
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Decomposed Granite Path and Driveway in Winnetka
Decomposed Granite Path and Driveway in Winnetka
A decomposed granite path adds casual elegance to pathways, the driveway and parking surface. It is reminiscent of the gravel pathways lined by linear boxwood hedges in French parterre gardens. Decomposed granite is weathered rock that has been worn into smaller pieces of crushed stone. The effect is natural and inviting, and is easy to […]
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Professionally Maintained Landscape in Winnetka, Illinois
Professionally Maintained Landscape in Winnetka, Illinois
A winding boxwood hedge adds structure to the landscape. The shrubs, lush perennials and turf are carefully manicured and managed for optimal health and beauty. Soil treatment keeps the hydrangeas pink to harmonize with the home and nearby astilbe.
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Winnetka Bluestone Patio Draws Focus to a Garden Fountain
Winnetka Bluestone Patio Draws Focus to a Garden Fountain
Arced lines and a bronze garden fountain soften the geometry of the formal landscape, while adding the relaxing sounds of water to the classic setting. A focal point among the intersecting stone pathways and green borders, the garden fountain is an unexpected yet fitting addition. Water features and statuary are often incorporated into landscapes inspired […]
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Garden Statue Enhances a Formal Winnetka Landscape
Garden Statue Enhances a Formal Winnetka Landscape
Garden art, such as this classically inspired garden statue, adds interest to the order and organization of a formal estate garden. The garden statue becomes the focal point of the many linear views created by hardscape walls, bluestone patios, grassy walkways and boxwood hedges. In more formal settings, statuary enhances the personality of the landscape. […]
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Wadsworth, IL 60083
847.623.3580
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1001 Green Bay Rd, #202

Winnetka, IL 60093
847.623.3580