Strange Closets

When I saw landscape architect Tim Lally’s lovely little urban oasis last summer, I breathed a sigh of relief that the big dreams I have for my similarly sized back yard aren’t necessarily pie-in-the-sky. Tim, a landscape architect, has transformed a very unremarkable, boring back yard into a gorgeous extension of his home. To create [...]

Pretty neat garden, huh?  Enjoy! Click here for James and Blue’s Open House.

Yesterday, we saw David and Nancy’s artful home and objects. Today, we at their tranquil garden space, which starts in the front and wraps all the way around the house, the lush vegetation creating a secluded back yard.

Welcome to the first Open House Garden Tour. If you haven’t noticed already, I rarely cover outdoor “rooms.” They just don’t interest me that much. I mean, they’re outside. Even as a kid, I preferred curling up with a blanket next to the air conditioning vent and watching “I Love Lucy” to getting hot, sweaty, [...]