Failure to use such trained landscape services in 
full co-ordination with architect and owner, both in 
the preliminary stages and as construction pro- 
gresses, has proved in numberless cases within our 
own experience to be the cause of excessive and dis- 
couraging waste of money, effort and time. This is 
true with every new home built, and is especially 
important in a small home where budgets are strictly 
limited and the imperative need is to get the greatest 
value from the available investment. 
Planning the grounds is fully as important as 
planning the house. Use the best skilled advice you 
can procure for each. Don’t wait till the house is 
built before planning the grounds. The house should 
be fitted to the site from the start, and not the site 
remade to fit the house after it is built. The land- 
scape gardener’s forethought and study will deter- 
mine grades that will involve a minimum of han- 
dling of materials; existing natural features will be 
capitalized and preserved; driveway lines will pro- 
vide ample space for turning and parking, with 
proper drainage; and lawns, plantings and gardens 
will all provide the most attractive pictures, well re- 
lated to the home. By the simple use of foresight and 
skill it is very often surprising and gratifying how 
much can be accomplished for so little. Good land- 
scape planning invariably pays. 
A Seaside Summer Garden in Woods Hole 
designed and built by us 
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