GARDEN CONSTRUCTION

The functional garden is the emphasis and objective of all that we do.  Most of our work consists of the “hard,” permanent, built landscape.  This will usually fall under the heading of wall, floor, and/or ceiling.   

The wall may be anything from a stacked stone retaining wall used to level areas of earth, to a pierced brick wall or stucco columns with wrought iron inserts that define rooms in the garden.

The floor might range from the brick patio abutting the back of a house to the stamped concrete or interlocking paver driveway making the approach from the street. 

Ceilings are usually limited to conventional ceilings of an out-building such as the pool-house or gazebo or the simplicity of the filtered overhead arbor.

All of these built spaces can then be augmented with water features, planting, irrigation for planting, and outdoor lighting of varying degrees.

here are many styles of garden construction available.  Most are dictated by the existing architecture of the home or building.  However, all should be ultimately fastened to the needs and lifestyles of the owner and/or end user. 

Many clients have a more formal taste that require either high symmetry or specific areas of “weight” and “mass.”  Other clients might wish to escape the formality of their daily work lives by building a more casual and reflective garden.  Regardless of the particular layout of the garden most, if not all gardens will be build using one or a combination of all of the following elements.