What to Read in This Week’s Hardscaping 101 Issue

Is this the year you finally design a new deck for lounging in the sun, build a pergola for outdoor dinner parties, or fully embrace fence fashion?

Not to sound bossy, but the answer is yes.

This week we’ll have loads of inspiration, tips, and sources for materials to help with your hardscaping project—or to tempt you even if you weren’t planning one. Join us this week for Hardscaping 101:

Above: See more of this stylishly simple gravel courtyard in Evening Light: A Painter’s Serene Summer Garden in Upstate New York. Photograph by Alison Engstrom.

• Kendra visits an English garden with an otherworldly glow in winter.
• We’ve discovered a trove of stylish picket front gates we can’t wait to share.
• The infinity swimming pool, explained. (How do you get the edge to vanish into the horizon?)

Did you miss any of last week’s top stories? Catch up with:

• 10 Things Nobody Tells You About Trendy Houseplants
• Your First Garden: 10 Compelling Reasons to Plant a Container Garden
• 12 Old-Fashioned Hardware Store Finds That Will Save You Money
• Before & After: From a Blank Canvas to a Golden Garden in a London Suburb