SOURCE: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles | LANDSCAPE DESIGN Alex Smith, Alex Smith Garden Design, Ltd., | ARCHITECT Norman Askins, Norman Davenport Askins, Architects| BUILDER Lupoli Construction
Timeless garden design ideas are created with structure, layers, softness, and restraint. Well-defined beds, charming gravel paths, parterre gardens, and evergreen plantings form the backdrop for a garden that will flourish well into the future. But it’s the color palette that adds the personality, whether you love the quiet elegance of a white garden or one bursting with color. The most beautiful gardens mature over time. The inclusion of a garden bench perfectly placed under a tree, a table and chairs for morning coffee, blend splendor with functionality. All of the elements combine to create a space that is warm, inviting, and enduring.
SOURCE: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles | LANDSCAPE DESIGN Alex Smith, Alex Smith Garden Design, Ltd., | ARCHITECT Norman Askins, Norman Davenport Askins, Architects| BUILDER Lupoli Construction
SOURCE: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles | LANDSCAPE DESIGN Alex Smith, Alex Smith Garden Design, Ltd., | ARCHITECT Norman Askins, Norman Davenport Askins, Architects| BUILDER Lupoli Construction
SOURCE: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles | LANDSCAPE DESIGN Alex Smith, Alex Smith Garden Design, Ltd., | ARCHITECT Norman Askins, Norman Davenport Askins, Architects| BUILDER Lupoli Construction
SOURCE: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles | LANDSCAPE DESIGN Alex Smith, Alex Smith Garden Design, Ltd., | ARCHITECT Norman Askins, Norman Davenport Askins, Architects| BUILDER Lupoli Construction
SOURCE: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles | LANDSCAPE DESIGN Alex Smith, Alex Smith Garden Design, Ltd., | ARCHITECT Norman Askins, Norman Davenport Askins, Architects| BUILDER Lupoli Construction
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“Queen of the beach read,” (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina.
After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, North Carolina, looking for a new life—and possibly new romance. On her first day at her “simpler” job, high school baseball coach Mason Thaysden discovers an abandoned baby, sending ripples through the entire tight-knit town of Cape Carolina.
Mason is still struggling to reconcile the scars of the injury that kept him out of the big leagues, stuck in his hometown, and searching for a way out. This newcomer and the child they’ve saved together might be just the motivation he needs to stay put. Sparks fly as Mason acquaints Daisy with Cape Carolina, introducing her to his friends and family, including his batty Aunt Tilley, who is looking for relief from long-buried family secrets and her own fresh start.
But as Daisy becomes increasingly attached to this abandoned child, and begins facing her own demons in the process, a startling discovery is made that threatens to rip the entire town of Cape Carolina apart, placing Daisy, Mason, and Tilley in the center of the storm. In a novel that proves that “Kristy Woodson Harvey is (the) go-to for elevated beach reads” (People), they will each learn that with love, understanding—and a community theater production of Hello, Dolly!—sometimes life conspires to bring us just exactly where we belong.
