Archive for the ‘Water Features’ Category
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Garden Entrance
This complicated garden required importing hundreds of yards of fill to build the walk and fountain shown in this image. The focal point of the garden is created with the grey strip rubble crescent runnel which culminates in the urn fountain. This fountain is visible from multiple locations in the garden and serves as a pivot for the overall layout. Spaces are created with mostly native and traditional Southern plant materials including Southern Magnolia, dogwoods, oak and maple trees, hollies, hydrangeas, gardenias, itea, and camellias. Each focal point in the garden reveals the next space in the garden. Native was used as well as gas lighting. Birmingham, Al (more…)
Tags: angel fountain, brick wall, caladium, dogwood, gardenias, Japanese maples, magnolia, maple trees, oak trees, patio, runnel, slate, stepstones, urn fountain
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
The Spiral Garden
The Spiral Garden was designed for the curator of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and built for a show in Knoxville, TN. The design is based on an overlay of the Fibonacci sequence, ADA, and the structural unit of CMU (8”). It was designed to pull the visitor up though a ramp along a series of cascading pools with fire burning at the uppermost fountain and steps down. The elements of fire, water, earth and sky were all present in the design. Changes in structure (cascades) were a reflection of quantum changes in the basic building unit. The proposed stone is travertine, which has spiral shells (conforming to the Fibonacci sequence) embedded. Not built permanently.
The Spiral Garden Display
Tags: Botanical gardens, cascading pools, fibonacci sequence, garden, stone steps, walkway
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Appalacian Mountain Stones
Drawf Hookera and Stream
Who says you can’t move mountains? Through carefully planned creative landscaping, I was able to create a mountainous feel in this clients backyard. This stream and pond were created as a part of a courtyard renovation. The owners wanted to create a sense of being in the Appalachian Mountains. This was achieved by using native mountain materials such as native stone, ferns, serviceberry, rhododendron, leucothoe, etc. The patio is stamped concrete in a brown tone to match the natural stone.
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Tags: courtyard renovation, dry-stack steps, dward hookera, mountain landscaping, stamped concrete, stone patio, stone stairs
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
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Tags: Alabama Landscape Architecture & Design, landscape architecture, landscaping, landscaping blog
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