现代景观设计大师创业初期,哈普林的项目主要来源于家人和朋友的私宅庭院。这个时期对哈普林来说是一段非常“个体的、智识的、艺术的和专业技能的巨大成长阶段——劳瑞·欧林”(…one of enormous personal, intellectual, artistic, and professional growth…--Laurin Olin)。在这个阶段,哈普林比较有影响力的作品是1950年建于湾区的自宅。建筑依山而建,小径沿着山坡将建筑与较低处的“舞蹈甲板”(Dance Deck)相连。
插画【素描速写】Digital Embroidery Pattern. American Weekly 3160 - A two story cottage with a lovely garden and trees surrounding it. On the front left of the house is a nice pine tree, under the tree is a shrub done in lazy daisy stitches. In front of the house under th