How Landscaping in the Wilmington Area Creates Properties That Look Like They Belong to the Coast

The properties that look the most natural along the Cape Fear coast are the ones where someone made deliberate decisions about every plant, every surface, and every transition between the built environment and the natural one. They do not look designed in the fussy sense. They look inevitable, as if the patio was always there, the palms were always in that position, and the walkway always curved the way it does toward the front door.