Cottage Gardens

Deborah, the homeowner, has just finished renovating the inside of her house and wants to transform her yard where there is now very little landscaping. Workers will transform her yard into a landscape reminiscent of an English countryside. Todd Guillmette of Unique Environmental Concepts designed a plan that will complement her house. Workers demolish the existing driveway, create a new one and add a paved-parking area. In order to camouflage the parking area, Guillmette creates a berm to dress up the area. He adds tall evergreens, shrubs, Japanese maples and flowers to enhance the landscape. A sandstone-paver patio is built in the backyard to create an outdoor living space perfect for relaxing or entertaining. He also adds a parking turnaround in the back and beside it, a stone wall.

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