On a tree lined street in Highland Park, quiet elegance is found behind the layers of clipped hedges of Nellie R. Stevens holly and Little Gem magnolias. The quiet is punctuated by grandchildren’ s laughter and joy, spouting fountains and lush annuals and perennials. But the garden wasn’ t always this way. In 1999, when Marcy and Steve Sands were well into the third design of the garden, they felt it just wasn’ t right. After several recommendations they
called landscape architect Paul Fields, Director of Design for Lambert’ s Landscape Company in Dallas, TX.
Their first meeting began with a lively discussion and then a rough sketch to generate conversation about the re-design. At first sight, Fields realized the English garden didn’ t fit because it was not cohesive with the Italian Renaissance style of the home. The Sands loved the new ideas Fields offered from the start and the team
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