Category Archives: Design and Installation
French Country Style
I love this garden – this photo says it all. You will see more photo’s of this garden soon.
Theresa Lilac
We designed and built this walkway. It is a purplish variety of blue stone we call “Theresa Lilac’ The stone is an average of 3″ thick and each one weighed from 50 – 150 lbs. This stone is free set, … Continue reading
Stone and Roses
This client had a very tight budget for this window garden after her remodelers had their way with her budget. So the solution was these awesome tea hybrid roses that we use bamboo sticks to guide up the window, framed … Continue reading
Old World Stone Work
I built these patio’s at a home in Lake Angelus around 5 years ago. It is a mixed stone media set on road base and sand. This was the area for the firepit. After the work was completed a friend … Continue reading
Layering
This garden was nothing but flat light brown clay when we got to it. We added some elevation, the stone, the boxwood, yews, bradford pear, thuja nigra and oakleaf hydrangea layers. Layers upon layers, complimentary textures and colors – I … Continue reading
Yamabuki – The Japanese Yellow Rose
Hearing frogs We pluck yellow yamabuki roses In the field And float them in our sake cups How pleasant the picnic is! By Ryokan (1758-1831) quoted in “Ryokan: Selected Tanka Haiku,” translated by Sanford Goldstein, Shigeo Mizuguchi and Fujisato Kitajima … Continue reading
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Simplicity
This is a natural stone walkway I built 7 years ago. We used a mixed stone that was present on site – mainly canadian flagstone. You can quickly expand moss through several different methods – one being blending moss into … Continue reading
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A Birmingham Back Yard
Before on the left, After on the Right This is a very quick conceptual rendering I did for a client years ago to help them understand what I was going for. This garden was a mess before we shifted it … Continue reading
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