Distinction Award - Outdoor Living Area

Wheat’s Landscape is an award-winning, full-service landscape company offering custom design/build construction services and more.

Wheat’s was tasked with designing a lush garden and hardscape to surround a centerpiece pool. After masterminding the addition of a stormwater management and drainage system, landscape designer Mark Finlayson, CPH, and his team took cues from the home’s modern architecture, devising a stream-lined backyard oasis centered around the 15-by-30-foot pool. Thermal bluestone stepping-stones are separated by Mondo grass joints and polished pebbles to convey a clean, contemporary look that complements the house.

The landscape palette features holly and Green Giant arborvitae for privacy, softened by ornamental Japanese maples, fastigiate hornbeams and crape myrtle. Flowering shrubs and perennials such as oakleaf hydrangea, hypericum, Virginia sweetspire, Amsonia, and grasses enhance visual interest via texture and color contrast.

Highlights

• Thermal bluestone stepping-stones with black polished pebbles accentuate the pool’s clean lines
• Wheat’s hardscape integrates with Alpine Pools’ work, expanding the pool deck with additional livable space
• A diverse plant palette offers four-season interest
• Automatic LED landscape lighting highlights pathways

Wheat’s Lawn and Custom Landscape
703-641-4790 — wheats.com