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title: "Northwest, DC"
url: https://eclgardendesign.com/gardens/northwestdc
description: "A small, pie shaped backyard was turned into five separate rooms on different levels for a client who loved her garden and loved to host large parties in it."
published: 2026-09-12
updated: 2026-09-12
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# Northwest, DC

Published 2026-09-12

Northwest, DC

A small, pie shaped backyard was turned into five separate rooms on different levels for a client who loved her garden and loved to host large parties in it.

Mindful of the views outside the new kitchen addition, a custom brick fountain was built to anchor the center patio and provide a focal view from all vantage points. A lead bowl was commissioned to provide a continuous sheet of water and the surrounding wall provides additional seating.

A hedge of hornbeams was planted in front of the fence to provide privacy off the deck. The area underneath the new addition was turned into a loggia to take advantage of the space – and the shade. On the side, a new retaining wall was built with brick capped with flagstone. An arbor and fence frames the view, delineates the space and blocks the view of the next-door neighbors’ house. Every inch of this back yard was designed to be experienced.

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