There’s frequently a subtle, disquieting competition between a home and its garden. More often than not, the former’s looming presence distracts from the natural beauty of the latter. Not in this West Vancouver British Properties lot where a perfect symbiosis was achieved: the ’50s-style ranch bungalow is peacefully integrated in the relaxed one-and-one-half-acre garden, which borrows a golf-course backdrop of towering western hemlocks, Douglas firs, western red cedars and vine maples. In fact, if you had to choose, the garden would win out, beckoning guests to take a stroll before heading indoors—just the way Vancouver landscape architect Ron Rule planned it when he implemented his vision seven years ago.
**A stone-pillared pergola covered in wisteria defines the original brick terrace.**
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