The central element of this garden is one of the clients' favorite pieces, a 700-pound, 6-foot-tall, bronze, water spouting dragon, a NYC "find". Christie's created a castle-themed garden around this unusual piece for the couple's Cary Street home near the river. A geometrical, brown tilestone terrace extends from the existing deck to fill the yard. To make the dragon appear as if it belonged, Christie's used dramatic colors and textures for the plants and built a curved wall that resembled a medieval castle, using natural stone and a jagged edge.

The dragon shoots water into a reflecting pool, aimed at two trumpeting elephants—bonuses the seller threw in when the clients purchased the dragon. The dragon is big and menacing, so behind it Christie's used more texture and dramatic color with autumn ferns; hypericum that blooms yellow in the summer; mahonia, an evergreen with blue berries and a craggy, leaf-like spine. The bed in front of the dragon is filled with mundo grass. On either side of the dragon are potted red geraniums and white canna lilies. Truly a one-of-a kind outdoor garden that fulfilled the clients' dream.