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Best of Outdoor Living 2022

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March - April 2022

Meet the winners of our third annual landscape design competition. Plus: five top garden visionaries

- By Zoe Gowen

Best of Outdoor Living 2022

Lessons from the Land

Hornbeam and boxwood, wisteria and tulip trees: these are comfort food for the garden, says Hamptons-based plantsman Charlie Marder. The shady, all-day sanctuary (above) he designed with Historical Concepts’ Andrew B. Cogar is one of four winning landscapes chosen in our third annual design competition—and all are brimming with ways to let nature lead. From an agrarian haven in Connecticut to a discreet courtyard in Maine, step into this year’s garden greats.

Chicest Poolside Lounge

Vernacular outbuildings of centuries past inspire a divine summer scene, with ample spots to relax in the shade.

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