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by KELLY PETRYSZYN and photos provided by KGK GARDENING & DESIGN CORP.

STEP BY STEP A sloped backyard becomes an entertainment oasis with tiered terraces.

T he Hudson a steep obstacle to attaining their

homeowners had

dream yard — a 6:1 slope. They originally overcame that with a wooden deck, but they wanted more entertaining space on their half-acre lot. They enlisted KGK Gardening & Design Corp. to overhaul their landscaping and seamlessly connect it to the full-scale modern renovation that was underway on their about 4,000-square foot house.

“The goal for the client was to have as much

The solution was removing the deck and replacing it with a patio and tiered ter races separated by vertical walls and steps. Each ter race offers an entertaining area with a different func tion but ties to the other through ambience.

“It’s more of an intimate setting,” Kuryla says. He tells us how KGK trans formed the small, sloped yard into an open oasis.

flat space as possible,” says landscape architect Derek Kuryla, “to create two living spaces, one with a fire pit, one with a dining terrace.”

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