"Many things you can't see wind up impacting what you can do," Lombardi says,
adding that his team works hard to make
sure the relationship between homeowners and regulators is one of cooperation.
One of the biggest projects Lombardi
undertook at Willowgate required a lot of
negotiation—and is likely to go unnoticed
by the casual observer.
"[The property owners] had this romantic vision of a great lawn that invites
kids, dogs, and ball playing," Lombardi
says, but when they acquired the prop-
erty, the lawn was marred by a septic hill
topped with a mound of stones. "It looked
like someone had buried a whale there,"
the homeowner recalls.
Lombardi's team methodically worked
through regulatory hurdles to replace
the septic system and re-grade the lawn,
and transferred some of the property's
wetlands over to protected status in exchange. "[Septic] is one of the things that
absolutely has a manifestation in physical
design, but people don't think about it,"
Lombardi says. "Now, you look at it and
Home Vista
Gregory Lombardi Designs and Parterre
Garden Services team together to ensure the
landscape and the environment harmonize.
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