For the front garden, Pfeiffer proposed a stone-walled enclosure, reached through an iron gate from a cobblestone drive, and a gravel apron to capture the oft-neglected piece of ground between curb and sidewalk. Everything but the stone walls was enthusiastically accepted. "Gary was reluctant to use so much stone, but I took him to visit another project. I was showing him the cobblestones, but all he saw were the stone walls—and fell in love!"