FOR BARRETT DICKEY, his wife, Karly, and their young son, Theo, cultivating a good life looks like a garden filled with flowers and flavors that engages the family in every season.

As the owner of Lake Forest Landscape Company , Barrett spends his days designing and creating outdoor living spaces that draw people into the outdoors and invite them to linger — a charismatic concept now beautifully realized in his own family’s dynamic and productive landscape.

The project took root during the pandemic when the couple spent numerous hours lost in online garden content.…