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Design Review Board defers 11229 Leatherwood Drive landscaping; asks applicant to work with master gardeners and vendor
Summary
The board deferred action on a proposed 'green fence' at 11229 Leatherwood Drive, asking the applicant to revise the plan to restore native understory and to work with Reston Master Gardeners and Meadow Farms; vote was 5-0.
The Reston Design Review Board on March 18 deferred action on a proposed landscaping plan at 11229 Leatherwood Drive after neighbors and board members said the plan—largely a linear row of Arborvitae and Mahonia—did not sufficiently restore native understory on a disturbed slope.
The applicant (who identified himself as John) presented a revised planting plan that included Arborvitae ("green giants") and Mahonia 'Winter Sun' evergreen shrubs. An affected neighbor, Kathy, and board members urged a more varied, native planting scheme—suggesting…
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