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The move is on—indoor spaces are heading out! Already prevalent on the West coast, thislandscaping trend has migrated here to the East as more and more homeowners discover the joysand convenience of entertaining outdoors. They’re spurred in part by the growing number ofproducts, once typically used only for interiors, being designed with outdoor living in mind. Today,rooms that are inside your home are also being created for outside living. For example, an outdoorkitchen can be designed fully equipped with a BBQ, refrigerator, kegerator, wine cooler, sink, TV, oreven a stereo system. Outdoor fireplaces and fire pits have also joined the trend. After all, whowouldn’t love to gather around an inviting backyard fire while enjoying a glass of wine and discussingthe day’s news with family and friends? If the thought of chilling and basking in all the comforts ofoutdoor luxury sounds tempting, sit back and take a visual tour of some of the landscape scenescreated for area residents by the service professionals at Scenic Landscaping. They might just spuryour imagination and desire to create an outdoor oasis for your own heavenly home retreat.

Outdoor Living Made Beautiful

Above: Combining different elements within the landscape, like stacked stone walls, water gardens and a variety ofplant materials, can provide a wealth of sensory-soothing elements to view, hear and smell throughout the season.

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Above: Designing an outdoor kitchen with a pergola creates the sense of an outdoor series of rooms. You can eithercook and dine at the BBQ center or enjoy more enclosed dining within the pergola.

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Above: The addition of an outside kitchen alongside a patio creates an idyllic outdoor dining space thatsurrounds you and your guests with the sounds and sights of your garden.

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Above: Featuring mixes of Fieldstonewalls, bluestone patios and stepswith a variety of plantings, thissecluded woodland oasis enjoysviews to the unique gardens beyond.

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Below: Your landscape, if designed properly, can be a series of connected outdoor rooms, each with itsown theme and purpose. The sound of moving water provides a place to relax while your connection tothe adjoining areas allows you to stay involved in all that’s happening in the landscape.

Left: Inspired by the historic formal gardens of France and England,columnar trees and clipped boxwood hedges overflowing with massesof roses add a classic touch. Complementing the design, the profusionof annual color helps define the shapes of the garden spaces.

For more information on Scenic Landscaping and its services, call(973) 616-9600 or visit www.sceniclandscaping.com.

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