Just outside of the city of Bethesda, this newly constructed home has a refreshing white exterior, and is enclosed by a picket fence, designed to repeat the rhythm and scale of the building textures and details. An arbor becomes the graceful departure point between neighboring gardens, carpeted with manicured lawn and bordered with a delicate choice of plantings. Softening the crisp lines of the architecture, the plant palette includes flowering plants, shrubs and groundcover, gentle in form and subtle in colors of pale greens and off-whites. In contrast, the magnificent stone of the house’s fireplace, flagstone paths and stone terraces provide a rugged material to further compliment the crisp lines of the house and fence.