You might live in a community with all-natural plantings. Manicured lawn edges and beds filled with rows of shrubbery wouldn't fit. Illustrates GREENSCENE (category l), by Joel M. Lerner, special to The Washington Post. Moved Monday, March 9, 2009. (MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Sandra Leavitt Lerner.)

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Avoid design mistakes, from plant choices to lighting

• By ncs-import
• April 1, 2011