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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