Kalorama Traditional

Following an extensive home renovation by architect Donald Lococo, our clients asked us to make a relatively shallow garden feel deeper. We lifted and enclosed a panel of lawn in boxwood and grass risers and built up the red brick walls in front to create an even apron for the house, while in the rear, we created a fountain element between the breakfast room and garage to minimize the visual weight of the garage. The brick and cast stone fountain is planted with herbs and perennials like Lavender, Hellebore, ‘Globemaster’ Allium, and Lamb’s Ears. In front, a traditional boxwood parterre is planted with groundcover and a rotating display of spring bulbs (first Daffodil, then Spanish Bluebell, and finally, Allium). New Dawn roses climb the garage to the eyebrow pergola, making every detail of this narrow city lot feel expansive and natural. 

A three-story brick house with a front staircase, arched wooden door, and a French flag hanging from the exterior. The property features a manicured garden with purple allium flowers and trimmed hedges behind a low brick wall.
A two-story Georgian-style brick house with a dark front door, symmetrical multi-pane windows, and black shutters. A low brick wall borders a front garden with manicured hedges and purple allium flowers.
A cluster of tall purple allium flowers with globe-shaped blooms in a garden bed. Behind them, climbing roses and ivy grow against a dark door and brick wall.
A set of double wood doors with stone architectural trim and iron railings. The entrance is accessed by stairs, with purple allium flowers blooming in the foreground.
A garden bed featuring numerous tall, purple allium flowers blooming above a manicured green hedge. In the foreground, additional blurred allium stems stand on a brick patio.
Several purple, spherical allium flowers on tall green stalks stand in a garden. The background is softly blurred with green foliage and dappled sunlight.
A stone patio leads to a brick garage with black doors and a dark roof. A rectangular stone fountain sits in the foreground, surrounded by greenery and purple allium flowers.
A rectangular stone fountain sits in a garden bed surrounded by purple allium flowers and green foliage. A slate patio leads to the fountain, with an ivy-covered brick wall in the background and a black-framed glass wall to the right.
A modern glass-walled sunroom addition with a black frame sits on a stone patio. In front, a small rectangular water feature with a fountain is surrounded by garden plantings, while the interior shows a dining area lit from within.