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Garden Tour: Tranquil Landscape

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    An Eye for Tranquility

    A new garden blends best into the setting when its style reflects the character of local landscapes. At this weekend getaway in New York dairy-farming country, the homeowners used meadowlike borders of grasses and perennials to "naturalize" the lap pool, sheds, and stone paving.
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    Frame a View

    Twin arborvitae guard the overlook to a stunning panorama.
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    Path's End

    The same arborvitae pair, glimpsed from the path's end. The glass door lets you see straight through the house to the view on the other side.
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    Unite House and Garden

    Extending the geometry of a house into plantings merges architecture and landscape. Just as stone terraces and low beds of nepeta underscore the building's horizontal lines, ironweed, evergreens, and grasses echo the verticality of its tower.
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    Purple Reign

    Surprise touches in the secret garden include gravel paths with zigzags and a mirror hung behind morning glory.
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    Meandering Welcome

    Side paths invite detours between beds.
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    The Homeowners

    The subtle linkage of indoor and outdoor spaces reflects design ideas that the homeowners, Larry Wente, left, and Jack Hyland, gleaned from visits to Italian villas.
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    Taking It In

    Broad sweeps of color in the foreground and strategic gaps between the trees (grouped as a windbreak) draw a beautiful horizon into the garden view.
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    Repeat Motifs

    Rhythmic repetition of color and texture -- gold rudbeckias, feathery grasses -- harmonizes the area beside the pool, where a multitude of tones would break the calm.
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    Keep It Green

    Eco-friendly gardens are easiest to maintain when equipment is handy. Sheds obscure the compost bins and act as a gateway to a "garden" of solar collectors, which help power the property.
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    Lead the Way

    A mix of brilliant containers, bold structures, and other markers guides and entices visitors through the space. The hosta-lined rill points the way to a bamboo grove.
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    High Points

    Symmetrical grasses enhance the visual magnetism.
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    Touch of Blue

    A single blue pot leads the eye through a wisteria arbor.
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