Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Do-It-Yourself Water Feature

A buried trough for water plants and soothing sound.

A Farm Garden Reimagined

The boxy original house begged for light-filled wings and a conservatory to tie it to the rural property. The foundation was kept unfettered by plantings in the Victorian tradition, but new gardens are everywhere.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Farm Reinvented

A professional landscape designer takes on the challenge of revamping a garden for a centuries-old working farm.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Garden Downeast

A Garden Designer Finds His Muse in His Own Garden Surrounding an Arts & Crafts Summer Cottage in Cape Neddick, Maine.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Garden Filled with Antiques

Decorating your garden in antiques can provide anything from a relaxing place to sit to an eye-catching piece that draws attention to new blooms.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Gothic Villa with Problems

“A doll house, just out of the box.” – Emma Leigh

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Home Slipcovered in Vinyl

“Slipcovered in vinyl, identity lost.” – Debra Rabe Parker

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A House for the Automobile

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Landscape Designer’s House & Garden

New England landscape designer Andrew Grossman bought his house, a 19th-century Cape, strictly for the lot.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Landscape Designer’s Own Gardens

An award-winning landscape designer’s own extensive gardens reflect two decades of cultivation and care.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Maze for a 17th-century House

Modeling a New England garden on a 17th-century French maze.

Old House Gardens & Exteriors

A Mission Garden

The hilly, unkempt site wasn’t his first choice, but Jim Bishop used its limitations to create a stunning, low-water landscape with rock-strewn dry streambeds, tile-decorated garden rooms, potted succulents, and meandering steps.