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Article: Green Retreat
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- Southern Living
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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Soft colors, shade, and intimate spaces invite you to explore this South Carolina garden. ,
If Kermit the Frog could visit this garden, he might just change his mind. Here, it is easy being green. Multitudinous shades of green combined with swaths of white and chartreuse fashion a lush backyard that feels cool and inviting. And during summer on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, it's good to be cool.
When owners Ellen and Ralph "Dupper" Dupps (their last name is pronounced "Doops") bought the place years ago, the yard's only assets were a few live oaks. The pair intended to fix up the house and resell it. But during the course of many weekends working on the project, they fell in love with ...