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As specialists in highly customized backyard environments, Scott Cohen and his staff at The Green Scene are known for adding elements of whimsy and fun to their work. Here, he guides us through three recent projects that turn thematically on his clients’ love of entertaining and desire to set a stage for sharing their good fortune with friends. As the tour demonstrates, they’ve found ways both bold and subtle to build a party atmosphere.

Libation Sensations

Most people I know have a favorite vacation spot, a favorite leisure-time activity and a favorite form of self-indulgence. In creating backyard environments for these folks, we as watershapers and landscape designers often find ourselves able to roll elements of one, two or all three of those "favorite things" up in a single package in ways that closely reflect our clients' passions and personalities. At my company, we strive to make a direct connection with those preferences by letting our prospective clients know that we want to enable them to vacation in their own backyards and come home to outdoor environments that epitomize the good life. In some cases, that means