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It’s not unusual to get requests for inground swimming pool design in tight spaces. Many of these tight spaces are simply a result of small pieces of property. But “tight-space” situations are also caused by zoning laws and other government agency requirements. Some of these parameters include: property line setbacks, “no disturbance” zones, steep slope [...]

Sometimes One Front Walk Is Not Enough After years of family & friends traipsing over the front lawn and gardens to get to the front door from the driveway, this homeowner decided it was time for a legitimate walkway. There is an existing front yard walkway from the street which looks great and serves the [...]

Site Engineering Is Priority #1 You can be the most creative landscape designer, but if site engineering is not considered in your design solutions you may be in for trouble. There is a critical relationship between every aspect of the landscape design, especially site engineering.  For example, elevations of structures and grades determine drainage, which [...]

Let me just remind you to click on these pictures to enlarge them.  It will help you see some of the detail. The existing timber walls were removed along with the wood stairways and platforms that gave access down to the tennis court. In their place were built dry-laid Pennsylvania fieldstone walls. We used the [...]