Chevy Chase Shingle Style

This garden is the product of a long-term collaboration with clients who envisioned a lush, relaxed landscape to complement their historic Shingle Style home. We formalized the horseshoe entry drive with exposed aggregate paving and historic-style brick, while stucco walls and brick piers flank the driveway leading to a lower-level garage. A utility and trash corral doubles as a retaining wall, offering both function and form.

In the back garden, a pool sits opposite the garage. Since historic regulations prevented centering the pool with the garage, we added a bocce court paved with crushed oyster shells, bordered by rosemary, thyme, and Amsonia. A charming Walpole shed balances the rear landscape, bookending the pool and bocce court.

Initially, preserving the side yard as a play space for their children was a priority. But five years later, the clients transformed part of the lawn into a bountiful vegetable and herb garden. With guidance from Homegrown & Harvested, we designed raised planters and beds for crops like asparagus and strawberries, while metal arbors support climbing melons and tomatoes.

Throughout the garden, a blend of native and heirloom plants — Rhododendron, holly, Sweetbay Magnolia, lilac, hydrangea, and David Austin roses — adds timeless beauty and charm.

A large, dark-sided two-story house sits at the end of a long, curved driveway. The home is surrounded by a sprawling green lawn and shaded by several large, mature trees under a clear blue sky.
Clusters of vibrant purple beautyberries grow along the woody stems of a shrub. The branches are covered in bright green, pointed leaves.
A dark wood picket fence with an open gate stands in a lush garden. Beyond the fence, trees and bushes create a dense green backdrop.
A wooden dining set sits on a circular gravel patio in a lush backyard. Behind it, a house with a deck overlooks a swimming pool and a small pool house.
A wooden outdoor dining table and wicker chairs sit on a gravel patio. The table is set with four drinking glasses and a blue patterned vase, positioned in a lush garden next to a house.
A top-down close-up of a curly kale plant. The vibrant green, ruffled leaves radiate outward from the center of the plant.
Melons hang from a garden trellis covered in lush green vines. In the background, two wooden raised garden beds sit on a lawn in front of a tree-lined fence.
A metal archway covered in sprawling vines with several hanging melons stands over a grassy garden path. Two raised wooden planter boxes sit at the base of the arch, leading toward a lush backyard filled with trees and foliage.
A cluster of cherry tomatoes hangs from a vine, displaying a gradient of ripening colors from green to orange and red. The small, round fruit grows in a series along the stem amidst blurry green foliage.
White daisies with bright yellow centers bloom in a sunlit garden. The petals and green stems are covered in fine morning dew.
A rectangular backyard pool sits between a stone patio and a garden with two lounge chairs facing the water. A shed stands in the background near a flowering tree, with another lounge chair in the immediate foreground.
A backyard swimming pool with blue water and stone edging. Tall green bushes and trees frame the pool, with blurred white flowers in the immediate foreground.
Bocce balls sit on a gravel path beside a garden bed of rosemary and a swimming pool. A small, lighter-colored pallino ball rests on the ground between them.
Clusters of purple globe-shaped allium flowers bloom in a garden, accompanied by silvery-green foliage. Some flower heads are in full circular bloom while others are beginning to fade.
A brown wooden post-and-rail fence stands in a garden. Tall stalks of purple verbena flowers and ornamental grasses grow through and around the wooden slats.
A wooden dining set with chairs sits on a gravel patio under a large tree in a lush backyard. The garden features raised wooden planters, a grass lawn, and a stone planter in the foreground.
A backyard swimming pool illuminated at dusk, viewed from the side of a house with climbing vines. Two wine glasses sit on a small table by the pool, and a storage shed stands in the background near trees.
A two-story dark-shingled house illuminated at twilight, featuring a backyard with a swimming pool and a lit stone fire pit. Two black Adirondack chairs face the fire, set on a gravel patio surrounded by trees and landscaping.