This is the design plan I used for my current project. I've also included a photo of my current project, though you can see it's winter.

I put a lot of thought into this design, working with nature including the winds off the Chesapeake Bay in this example. This landscape provides an inviting habitat for birds and butterflies.

This was a bare lot 3 years ago and now it is a lush verdant landscape due to amendment of the soil and a combination of native and exotic plants suited to the local plant hardiness zone.

I've been able to create many desireable views and outside rooms on this project that bring very positive comments from the neighbors.