Amagansett, New York

Cost: $30,000
Landscape Architect: Barry Block Landscape Design & Contracting, East Moriches, N.Y.

AFTER: The design team had to bring in topsoil, compost and mulch and install sod, lighting, fencing and stonework near the pool (not pictured). They also salvaged plants installed by the builder and the owner's English boxwoods to create a new landscape design with additional plantings, including perennials, ornamental grasses, several dogwood trees and an alley of hydrangeas along the side of the house. The project won the Long Island Landscape and Nursery Association's Gold Award for residential design ½ acre or less.