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From Building a Garden, April 2005

I've never seen anything as romantic as the 18th-century herb garden that Glen Hillman, a Litchfield, Connecticut, homeowner, created in a space formerly occupied by his swimming pool. He didn't just stop at the plantings; wooden benches, a fish pond, and birdhouses make this true landscape architecture.

—Kelly Beamon, senior editor