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Elegant Garden With Sculptural Gates and Fountains

From: Christian Douglas Design

This stunning property is a true outdoor oasis. With a walkway that curves around an initial bowl fountain in the front yard to spectacular circular gates, waving lavender and grasses, and a picture-perfect pool with scalloped umbrellas beyond edible garden, chicken coop and a babbling brook, no charming detail has been overlooked.

Front Garden With Fountain

Photo: Adam Potts. From: Christian Douglas Design

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Front Garden With Bowl Fountain

The front yard has a magic all its own. A low fountain sits opposite the front door, the heart of a romantic garden full of purple flowers and wispy grasses.

Walkway and Gray Grasses

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Walkway With Gray Grasses

The buildings' gray shingles are picked up by the garden's gray-tipped grasses and purple blooms. It's a beautiful way to give the whole space a unified, harmonious feel.

Garden and Chicken Coop

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Backyard Garden With Fountain and Chicken Coop

This garden is complete with edible plantings, a subtle water fountain and chicken coop.

Fountain in Outdoor Space

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Garden With Small Water Fountain

This soothing backyard retreat is complete with a stunning circular fountain lined with multicolored stones that provides the perfect ambiance to this outdoor space.

Edible Garden With Artichoke Plant

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Outdoor Fountain Surrounded by Edible Plantings

This garden features a water feature surrounded by edible plants, including an artichoke plant.

Garden and Bowl Fountain

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Garden With Bowl Fountain

This low bowl-shaped fountain graces the front yard, a beautiful way to warm up the welcome to the house. Lavender, ornamental grasses and other plants fill in the garden beds around the walkway.

Garden With Bench and Hammock

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Backyard Garden With Bench and Hammock

The landscape design creates little hidden pockets of charm. Here, visitors step through a large circular sculpture, then follow a path back to a garden. Keep strolling over a small bridge, take in the peaceful setting from the bench or retreat to a hammock.

Hammock and Stream

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Hammock and Stream

Disappear to this amazing hammock-supplied corner of the garden where hours, an afternoon, an entire weekend may disappear. Soundtrack provided by the nearby brook.

Backyard Sitting Area

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Metal Outdoor Structure and Sitting Area

This round, metal structure leads you to a picturesque part of this backyard where you can sit and enjoy the lush greenery and firepit.

Metal Sculpture and Wood Bench

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Metal Gate Sculpture and Wood Bench

For an entrance as pretty as a postcard, designers used a large metal sculpture as a gate into this garden, then placed a bench directly opposite.

Backyard and Scalloped Umbrellas

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Backyard With Scalloped Umbrellas

Part of what makes this backyard so entrancing is its variety of levels. Raised planter boxes grow an edible garden alongside the pool. The back of the yard is terraced with patios and a hot tub overlooking the water.

Backyard With Swimming Pool

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Multi-Level Backyard With Swimming Pool

This multi-level backyard features a rectangular swimming pool, hot tub with matching lining and tiered seating area with twin white umbrellas.

Gray Patio and Ruffled Umbrellas

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Gray Patio With Ruffled Umbrellas

White umbrellas with a ruffled edge and white armchairs are a fresh pop against this backyard's gray patio and walls.

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