I need advice on how to connect the garden with my pole home
10 years ago
Hi, I am new to Houzz, I hope someone can give me some advice or ideas.
We have just purchased our 1st home, a pole home on 1.5acres on a hill, I want to connect the garden and house, we have a nice deck off the house looking over the garden with a narrow steep set of stairs down to the garden/garage... What can I do to 'connect' the garden more? We have 2 kids and I want to integrate the garden/land to the house for easier access and more use. Thanks Claire
We have just purchased our 1st home, a pole home on 1.5acres on a hill, I want to connect the garden and house, we have a nice deck off the house looking over the garden with a narrow steep set of stairs down to the garden/garage... What can I do to 'connect' the garden more? We have 2 kids and I want to integrate the garden/land to the house for easier access and more use. Thanks Claire
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