The fountain area also acts as a cross axis, with an existing basketball court on one side and a concealed cutting garden on the other. The garden is surrounded by boxwood hedges and contains three rectangular areas also bordered by boxwoods.
Inside each, Bartell placed a boxwood “X.” When the homeowner, an avid gardener, feels ambitious, she can plant in between the criss-crosses.
Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”
