The Black Gum tree, Nyssa sylvatica, becomes a show-stopper in the fall season with its outstanding red color.
Inspiration for a rustic backyard formal garden in DC Metro for fall.

Elegant detached greenhouse photo in Atlanta

A white flowering camellia and Little Heath andromeda in spring Le jardinet

Judy Proctor
Farmhouse patio photo in New York

Example of a mid-sized trendy backyard tile patio container garden design in Los Angeles with no cover

The porch functions as a sunny place to overwinter plants and as a great place to read or entertain guests in the summer.
Family room - contemporary linoleum floor family room idea in Minneapolis with white walls, no fireplace and no tv

Photo and landscape design by Pete Veilleux, East Bay Wilds; all rights reserved.

Our design team created a concept of a “Water-wise Tropical Paradise”, bursting with color, shiny textures, lush foliage, and small palm tree varieties. Turf was converted to garden beds, and low-volume, low-pressure drip irrigation was installed.

Drought tolerant plants Le jardinet
Inspiration for a mediterranean landscaping in Seattle.

Trendy shed photo in Seattle

A mining bee nest excavated in sandy-loam soil

Charles Hilton Architects, Robert Benson Photography From grand estates, to exquisite country homes, to whole house renovations, the quality and attention to detail of a "Significant Homes" custom home is immediately apparent. Full time on-site supervision, a dedicated office staff and hand picked professional craftsmen are the team that take you from groundbreaking to occupancy. Every "Significant Homes" project represents 45 years of luxury homebuilding experience, and a commitment to quality widely recognized by architects, the press and, most of all....thoroughly satisfied homeowners. Our projects have been published in Architectural Digest 6 times along with many other publications and books. Though the lion share of our work has been in Fairfield and Westchester counties, we have built homes in Palm Beach, Aspen, Maine, Nantucket and Long Island.

Michael J. Lee Photography
Large beach style slate floor and gray floor sunroom photo in Boston with no fireplace and a skylight

Plastic benches held up by concrete block make a simple benching system. Wire closet shelving adds extra room for plants. 3/8" pea stone floor with drainage pipe beneath keeps the floor dry. Photo by Bob Trainor

feathery foliage of bronze fennel Le jardinet
This is an example of a traditional landscaping in Seattle.

2025 Alpine Strawberries are extremely hardy (zone 3), and tolerate being grown in containers or in raised beds, and can overwinter in the Ottawa area. (This is not the case for the larger strawberries, nearly all of which which are only hardy to Canada zone 4/5; if grown in the ground - but they generally do not overwinter well in raised containers). These Alpine strawberries were planted in the fall of 2024, and as shown, overwintered well in the Sproutbox containers.

This Cape Cod 12x16 greenhouse provides a place to overwinter tender plants in snowy Colorado.
Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional backyard landscaping in Vancouver.

TROPICAL LOOKS: Canna grow well on S facing balconies in the warm weather, but must be overwintered inside in our climate. The blossoms are so vivid and cheerful! Also shown are bougainvillea, which are a lovely climbing vine which can be grown in containers; they also must be over-wintered. If you're bothered about thorns, a few thornless varieties of bougainvillea have now been developed.

This hardy palm tree has overwintered outdoors for the past 3 winters, using a special technique from a grower/horticulturalist in the Montreal area. With this technique, he has successfully overwintered palm trees in zones USDA 3-5/Canadian zones 4-6 for the past decade.