Divide & Conquer

A garden feels more welcoming when you carve a large area into cozy rooms. A Wisconsin couple transformed their five-acre yard with this technique, making intimate spaces out of wide-open places.

Two Landscape Artists Walk Through Garden

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Landscapers Steve and Julie Newlun stroll along a path in their garden. Steve realized that the only way to manage the space was to think in terms of smaller areas. "I started by dividing the space on paper, using a grid," he says. "If you break it down into manageable spaces, it's not so bad."