TAMING A HARD YARD
The family loved being outside, but a forbidding backyard with a steep slope and too many trees made that difficult—until the right landscape designer went to work. Design by Arapahoe Landscape & Pool Contractors Photography by John Butler Text by Donna Rolando
A Washington Township family with three little boys loved the outdoors and longed to spend more time there. But the terrain surrounding the home they’d purchased wasn’t welcoming. It featured 80-foot trees and a steep slope, and had not a blade of grass. Even kicking a ball there was a challenge. The boys needed a backyard. Homeowners Bobby and Nicole thought they knew the answer. To create a family-friendly oasis in place of the forbidding woods, they required a landscaper, one who would share their A former backyard wasteland is now the go-to place for entertaining after a redesign that tamed a steep slope to create five tiers of outdoor living, including a lagoon-style pool.
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