A Terrace Garden


Architects & Custom Designers of Homes Embraced by Livable Gardens

Living in a
"GardenHome"
is like living
a dream come true!

Welcome to Our Home Page Who we are & What we do Only Architects can make affordable 'Dream Homes' come true! A Home embraced by a practical yet beautiful Garden is a 'GardenHome'  - Short Overview We'll help you Create a Home that is Better not just Bigger Our partially glass-roofed GardenRooms are meant for everyday living, dining, and entertaining, and perfect for growing indoor plants Our Gardens are places in which to live and enjoy yourself In your private 'RoofGarden' you'll always feel on Top of the World A GeoThermal Heat Pump more than pays for itself by drastically reducing your HVAC and Water Heating bills Let us help you create a Home you won't have to abandon should you ever become disabled in any way A Garden is a series of 'Outdoor Rooms without Ceilings' designed to be lived in and enjoyed. At its most beautiful, 'Landscaping' is still just a picture frame. A beautiful Garden adds to your Quality of Life! Here are the reasons why you should have a Garden rather than just Landscaping Excerpts of Bill Hoppe's upcoming book by the same title. Stay tuned for more chapters! An Example of a GardenHome Concept Design Drawing How we Manage our Projects We want a Close and Viable Relationship capable of Producing the Results you seek! How we will Handle Your Project - Overview What our Hourly Rates are based on Here we'll give you a 'Ball Park' idea of our Costs BEFORE you buy that Property, let us take a good look at it FIRST! Tell us what you think of our site and our 'GardenHome' concept ENJOY Our Biographies and Faces How to get a hold of us


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A quiet spot for peaceful contemplation What a Garden can Offer

"I am the garden, and every morning am I revealed to you
in new beauty.  Observe how I am adorned and you will
reap the benefit of a commentary on decoration.  How many
delightful prospects I enfold!  Prospects in which the
enlightened mind finds the fulfillment of every desire."
(Inscription on a wall of the Alhambra's "Hall of the Sisters")

Your garden can be a haven that offers you a peaceful and inviting place away from yet in the world;

   a piece of the earth that will be all your own where you will be able to unwind and
     let down your hair after a week filled with hard work and bumper-to-bumper
     commutes;
   a place where you can settle down, cast aside your cares, enjoy your coffee, and
      read your paper or that book you've been meaning to tackle;
   a place where you can go to be alone and away from people, to relax, to be
      yourself, to daydream, and to contemplate life and all of its foibles;
   a place where you can re-unite with nature, smell its flowers, be caressed by its
      gentle breezes, enjoy its avian symphony, and be amused by the antics of the
      squirrels;
   and, if you wish, a place where you can grow the biggest roses, the plumpest and
      reddest tomatoes, the juiciest corn, the sweetest strawberries, the spiciest herbs,
      and the greenest peppers the world has ever known!

In short,
...  your garden may be a place where you can find the peace and tranquility to
regain your strength, to restore your soul, and to regenerate your spirit!

For our most favorite example of all that a garden can be, please accompany us, if you will, on a Virtual Tour of the Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks.