Fairytale Cottage Courtyard
2015 Landscape Award: Minnesota Nursery & Landscape 
Association
This design creates a quiet, elegant connection with the unique cottage architecture of the home. The result is a sophisticated, beautiful and highly functional new landscape. The home’s curb appeal is boosted by limestone steps and columns, which reflects the limestone embedded in the home’s stucco exterior. A sunken courtyard in the backyard addresses drainage issues and provides the patio and play-space the homeowners craved. Special landscape elements include:
- Contrasting Lilacstone stoop, step treads and walkways
- Curved steps that wrap the patio
- A new built-in gas grill counter
- Plantings that complement the home’s architecture
- New exterior sconces and LED lighting
