Urban Backyard Retreat

Allyson and Dean Tilles' backyard needs a cohesive design plan as well as a place for entertaining family. Landscape designer Lara Wilson creates a kid-friendly outdoor room complete with a flagstone patio, a copper arbor and kids' tent.

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A bench is designed around the avocado tree to give the kids something to play on, adults a place to sit and to protect the tree's roots. The lawn and play area mimics the shape of the patio and gives the kids a space of their own surrounded by safe playground mulch and kid-friendly plants. They designed a cool feature for the kids that can act as a tent and as a fun water feature in the summer.

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