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HOME OUTSIDE DESIGN

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Home Outside Design c r e a t e s t h e l a n d s c a p e y o u ' v e a l w a y s w a n t e d .

a connection with nature a contemplative garden a place to grill and gather

a welcoming entry a place to play a graceful terrace a space to show your style a sustainable landscape a showcase for plantings

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Home Outside Design m a k e s g o o d d e s i g n a c c e s s i b l e t o e v e r y o n e .
ONE LANDSCAPE, SIX WAYS: We'll help you discover your own personal design preferences, for a landscape as unique as you are.
Approachable, Affordable,
Attainable.
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elcome to a new, easy-to-use design
service from Julie Moir Messervy Design
Studio. Using the design principles
described in Julie’s award-winning 2009 book Home
Outside, Home Outside™ Design is a one-of-a-
kind service that helps make your landscape more
beautiful, functional, and sustainable.
Many people don't know where to star t when it
comes to planning their landscape. Home Outside
Design (HOD) was created to help homeowners
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overcome this initial hurdle while not breaking the vision. These designs will give you the easy-to-
bank. Now, anyone can create the landscape of their understand, solid foundation you need to proceed
dreams. Afterall, good landscape design should be a to the next step in your landscape design process.
par t of everyone's life.
When you sign up for HOD, you receive a kit that You need a solid set of blueprints
contains a DVD version of Home Outside and basic to build a sturdy house—and
tools including pencils and a 50' measuring tape. you need Home Outside Design
Our HOD workbook walks you through every
step of the HOD process, from measuring and
to make a beautiful, functional
photographing your proper ty, to describing your landscape.
vision for your landscape, to telling us about your
aesthetic preferences.
Based on the information that you provide, our
designers will create two or more schematic design
options, specially tailored to your personality and
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 Home Outside Design f i t s y o u r u n i q u e l i f e s t y l e a n d n e e d s .

H
ow do you take a bare backyard lot and turn it into a living, breathing outdoor room? Jake, a 28-year-
old professional who was considering a backyard makeover, came to Home Outside Design looking
for help with this very question. He knew he wanted to get more use out of his backyard (left), but sculpture or water
feature wooden fence
he wasn't sure how to turn the barren space into a distinctive place that felt like par t of his home--a three- lattice or wire support on trio of small
wall for climbing plants flowering trees wooden
story apar tment house in a dense neighborhood. screening
fence
benches, patio, plant shade
Jake told designers at HOD that one of his main goals was to create a place where he could host friends for and ornament perennials
hammock, maintain
frequent outdoor gatherings. His design personality questionnaire revealed his preference for landscapes with use tree and existing
curving lines, formal layouts, and simple, spare, asymmetrical designs. post car park

Paying close attention to Jake's aesthetic preferences and practical needs, HOD designers presented him with table
shade tall, shade-
and chairs
two design alternatives for his backyard. In design 1 (near right), a central clearing provides enough terrace tolerant grass
fenced car loving shrubs
space for small gatherings, while at the edges of the proper ty, a hammock and benches—shaded by trees and stepping parking space
lattices with climbing plants—allow for quieter, more solitary enjoyment of the outdoors. The periphery of stone path gathering
to ornament terrace
the proper ty in design 2 (far right) is also quiet and shaded, with a flourishing garden, but it features a larger
C A S E S T U DY terrace bordered by a lawn, placing a greater emphasis on social activities within the space. Jake can choose
a design—or combine his favorite par ts of both.
small tree,
center on utility and
ornament,
centered movable

B ac k Y a r d walk storage space on trellis trash,

If Jake's dilemma feels familiar, HOD can help you as well. Like Jake, you can approach your landscape recycling,
& grill storage
makeover with two design alternatives for your proper ty in hand—all without breaking the bank. add lattice
fence with trellis
flowering with climbing
vine plants

planters
and bench

design 1 design 2
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 Home Outside Design e n a b l e s y o u t o r e a l i z e y o u r d r e a m s .

S
ometimes when something is so close to home, it's hard to step back far enough to see the big picture.
That's where HOD comes in. As a graphic designer and an avid gardener who is married to an architect,
Janet doesn't sound like the type of person who needs help designing her yard.

But with a new garage being built (left) and the former garage turned into a home office, her proper ty
needed a fresh, creative makeover. Her backyard, with its large trees and lawn, has two terraces (one that
is connected to the house), and many beautiful garden planters and urns. The front yard is fragmented and
doesn't show off her style to the public.

Janet's profile revealed that she is looking for a garden that has clean, modern lines, connects the inside to
the outside, is layered so that there are surprises as one moves through it, and honors the views. She asked
JMMDS's designers to explore a host of different ideas and chose an expanded HOD Plan so that she could
classic formal french par terre pattern garden
have six designs to dream about.

The Schemes:
Classic Formal: a cleanly organized garden with distinct internal focal points to showcase garden objects
and planters. A simple pergola at the end of the yard layers the view and gives privacy to the terrace.
French Parterre: a garden derived from the Special Landscapes section in the workbook, in which a
landscape was described that she had a profound reaction to.
Patterns: playful and eccentric; stone paths and garden beds are combined into brushstrokes on the ground

C A S E S T U DY plane and movement is through the negative space formed by this pattern.
Crisp Angles: explores perspective and direct paths in a clean and distinctive way.
Playful Circles: negative and positive space is explored through a series of overlapping and intersecting
F r ont and circles. Varying plant heights and intersecting paths create this playful and imaginative garden.
Minimalist Bands: or thogonal organization with contrasting lush perennial borders and planes of
bac k Y A R D monocultures layer this garden. Tree-lined walks and simple focal points add interest and surprise.

crisp angles playful circles minimalist bands

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Home Outside Design i s a p p r o a c h a b l e , a f f o r d a b l e a n d a t t a i n a b l e .

Yo u me a s u re . 1 Sign up by clicking the GET STARTED! button below and we'll send you your HOD Kit with instructions
for measuring your property.

We d e s i g n . 2 Once we receive your completed workbook, our designers will mail you two* schematic designs within
several weeks.
*base option

Yo u e n j oy. 3 Use our designs to work with a local contractor or garden center or build your Home Outside yourself.

CO S T CALCU LATO R > G E T S TART E D!

(The cost of the service begins at $500)

INSIDE YOUR HOME

OUTSIDE DESIGN KIT

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Creating Home Outside

scrapbook Workbook Graph Paper 50' Tape Measure Pencils

DVD
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Which Design Service is right for me?
• What is the size of
my site?
• What is my design
budget?
• How much
interaction would I like
to have with
JMMDS designers?
• What level of detail
do I need in my plans?
• Would I like JMMDS to
coordinate installation?
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three levels of design
Site Conditions | Design Options Home Outside Design HOD Custom JMMDS Full-Service
Urban, suburban, and rural-town-center properties with small, level
outdoor spaces (less than 20,000 square feet)   
Large sites (more than 20,000 square feet) and sites with sloping terrain
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Less than $2,000
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More than $2,000
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Onsite consultation with Julie
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Onsite consultation with JMMDS designers
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Additional site visits or consultations with Julie and JMMDS designers
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JMMDS creation of measured site drawing of existing conditions
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Schematic-level design plans (at least 2 different options for arranging
landscape elements)   
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Detailed design documents, including grading and layout plans and selection and
location of items such as plants, paving, masonry, furniture, and lighting 
Coordination of landscape contractors and installation by JMMDS
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* Optional add-on, depending upon your needs
JMMDS draws its inspiration from principal Julie Moir Messervy's philosophy that
gardens and parks can be soul-nurturing places, oases deeply rooted in outdoor
archetypes, childhood imagination, and aesthetic impulses. The team strives to cre-
ate unique destinations that touch the visitor in an evocative way, that will be re-
membered and revisited, and that speak to the essence of the natural and historical
features of the place.
We work collaboratively with planners, architects, landscape architects, artists and
Private Residence engineers on a wide range of selected projects. Our work spans the continuum of
Beverly MA Vermont landscape design, from intimate gardens to large-scale parks and master plans.
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