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"1. Even if you&amp;#039;re surrounded by woods, keep your lawn, boxwoods, privet and hedges meticulously manicured.  2. However, grant your flowers the freedom to grow wildly.  3. Map out a secret garden with an arbor leading the way. 4. Permit peonies and hydrangeas to multiply in abundance.  5. If not a secret a garden, perhaps a pergola.  6. Surround your swimming pool with grass rather than slabs of cement. 7. Invest in teak outdoor furniture that only looks better with age.  8. Enclose your yard with either a low, linked-together wooden fence (ideal for parking beach bikes against!) or towering hedges.  All images courtesy of Assouline.  Enchanted? Add The Big Book of the Hamptons, out this month from Assouline, to your library for even more gorgeous imagery.  Available at Assouline boutiques, and The Mark Hotel and The Plaza in New York City.  This article originally appeared on HouseBeautiful.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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