Landsculptors Design    

Yoshino Cherry: Client wanted to cut down this magnificent yoshino cherry because it took up most of the yard. Instead, I convinced them to adorn it with a simple planting of hosta and lamium. Also asked for them to have a celebration every April to celebrate her beauty. Nature will remove the tree some day, but in the meantime bask in all her glory.

Yoshino Cherry: One of the most beautiful Yoshino cherry trees I have ever seen. I can not believe the client wanted to cut this down to gain more lawn. Instead I convinced them to have an annual celebration of her beauty.

Backyard Garden: Lush green foliage on the noninvasive bamboo draws your eye to the slightly fragrant yellowood tree that provides a shadey spot to sit in this backyard garden.

Backyard Garden 2: What to do with a wet spot in the yard? Raise it up and add another element like boulders to define the garden.

Backyard Garden 3: Welcome to the time zone dubbed by the client. Wooly thyme meanders its wat around stepping stones while climbing hydrangea creeps its way and softens the look of the tall stone wall.

The geometry and simplicity of this garden is the beauty of this design.

Water Garden 1: Sometimes you need big toys to get the job done. Sentimental attachment to this 30ft copper beech forced us to take it with us to the new property. Still surviving to this day!

Water Garden 2: Going to its new home.

Water Garden 3: Nicest water feature I have ever done. With a walking perennial garden path this long, you are sure to find something blooming throughout the season.

Water Garden 4: As you are walking down the path from the barn to the lake, there are stone bridges to take you from one side to the other. It gives the user a more interactive experience of the garden.

Water Garden 5: Take a rest. It is a long walk from barn to lake.

Water Garden 6: Looks as though the plants are bending over to have a drink. The intent was to make it look as natural as possible, but I could not resist planting the red weeping japanese maple. The waterfall made me do it.

Natural Stone Terrace Landscape 1: I had alot of natural stone on site to work with and it killed me to have to purchase stone to make these steps but I am glad I did.

Natural Stone Terrace Landscape 2: Anybody want to take a swim?

Natural Stone Terrace Landscape 3: Hot tub spills into the pool which spills over the zero edge. Need to go back for more photos when it is all running. Stay tuned.

Driveway Wall 1: Before.

Driveway Wall 2: During.

Driveway Wall 3: After.

More big toys for big boys.

Creative use of boxwoods to make a knot garden. Thinking outside the box.

"Give my wife whatever she wants but make me a spot where I can hide from the family and smoke my cigars." O.K.

Coast House: Even though we are on the rocky coast of Branford, the client needed a place to "put a drink in his hand with his feet in the sand." So this is what I came up with.

Backyard Oasis 1: Yin to the yang baby, alot of times you will find a yin yang in my work - most is subtle, but when they told me they wanted two seperate small sitting areas, I had to do it.

Backyard Oasis 2: Water features are always soooo soothing.

Shade Patio: The deck is nice but the patio keeps the user incorporated into the landscape. With the shade of a couple nice hawthorn trees I could sit out here for hours.

Sunken Fire Pit: The natural stone sunken fire pit should keep the conversation going well into the night.

Garden Poolhouse Deluxe: With an outdoor television, fireplace, and barbeque why would you ever go indoors? P.S. - There is a bathroom in the poolhouse.

Classic Perennial Garden 1: A simple but effective way to define spaces. This perennial garden and arbor invites you to walk trhough different spaces in the yard.

Classic Perennial Garden 2: Some serious parties took place in this yard

Classic Perennial Garden 3: This lush green path carries you from driveway to pool.

Classic Perennial Garden 4: The mother of all fire pits. The iron in the middle supports a grill that can cover the pit if you want to cook a full cow.

Amazing Backyard Transformation 1: This project was near and dear to my heart. I had three weeks to transform this nothing of a backyard into a beautiful show place because they were getting married and had all sorts of out of town guests coming. I first said "no way" since it is mid-May, and the weedding is in June... but let me come out and look at it. Long story short... I had mason, carpenter, irrigation, and planting crews working on top of each other, and I was putting the final touches on everything when they came home from the rehersal dinner! Success!! It felt really, really good.

Amazing Backyard Transformation 2: Gravel path connects sitting area patio water feature and driveway.

The "bubbleing orb" Rosegarden.