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A bloom-filled entry cswxyard makes every

trip across the threshold a nappy homecoming.

by MEGAN M cCONNELL HUGHES photos MATHEW BENSON produced by KARIN LIDBECK BRENT

Filled with overgrown shrubs and little else, the courtyard around

the entrance to Barbara and Tony Andrea’s Connecticut residence

didn’t exactly say, “Welcome to our home.” But, enclosed on three

sides by the L-shape house and a garage, the space had plenty of

potential as a garden retreat. It just needed a new design to give it

the warmth the couple felt befitted their newly renovated cottage-

style house. “For me, a landscape is like a frame on a painting. It

should enhance a home,” Barbara says.

Landscapers William Ostrander and Steven Pacholyk installed

the foundation of the new design—a slate patio in the middle of the

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