A stained cedar fence guarantees privacy in the side yard, where a mix of pine and oak trees, ornamental grasses and drought-tolerant perennials comprise the landscape design.

The winner of HGTV Green Home 2011 will receive a brand-new 2011 GMC Terrain, a vehicle that Carandriver.com claims “could be GMC’s best small SUV ever.”

The 2400-square-foot HGTV Green Home faces Stapleton’s native grass park which, during winter months, converts to a sledding hill.

During the peak of autumn, oak trees planted on the property will set fire in a blaze of fall foliage.