Outside is all new for 2012, with extensive landscaping, a black limestone driveway and serpentine paths. Four distinct areas with different light levels – including one with a towering old walnut tree – means thousands were spent on hostas, monkey grass, lilies, bamboo, magnolias, Japanese maples, tulip trees, and nine redbud trees that will burst into a “pink cloud” come spring. “I pushed the boundaries on plants,” says the green-thumbed Mr. Phillips.Richard K.C. Ling