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A Backyard Retreat

A garden for an iconic modern house at the top of Seattle's Inverness Hill.

By Ken Gutmaker

This elegant design for a courtyard landscape and patio is included in a new book New Landscaping Ideas That Work by Julie Moir Messervy. Japanese maples and Korean dogwood trees work with the understated paving stone to create a quiet oasis.

Susan Teare (a Through the Lens contributor ) photographed gardens for this book as well.

The front of this Mid-Century Modern home can be seen here.

Landscape Architect – http://www.brookskolbllc.net

Photograph – http://www.kengutmaker.com

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