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He’s not one to leave his work at the office; entertaining comes naturally to him.

At the bottom of the steps is another stone patio with a dramatic cedar gazebo overlooking a still-wild portion of the yard. Robertson hosts dinner parties and neighborhood gettogethers any time the weather is agreeable.

It’s like having a private arboretum.

Robertson’s house has been featured on the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League’s annual home tour. While it’s the envy of friends and neighbors, he keeps thinking about what’s next.

He’ll be adding more tiered gardens this spring. And he’s always mulling whether to put in a pond in the lowest part of the yard. The upper portion is plenty big enough to add a pool with a bathhouse, but it would be pricey, Robertson says.

“I have to consider whether I want to go without vacations for the next 10 years or so,” he says.