If you’re a national garden and nursery owner for a living, chances are you’d want your own yard to be immaculate. I had the privilege of managing this project for award winning Architect, Bob Swain. Features include an 8-foot tall plunging waterfall, a 14-foot long wall of cascading water down a board-formed concrete retaining wall, an antique Chinese paver patio with copper rill water feature, giant boulders, organic stone steps and a true artisanal dry stack stone retaining wall. While the trees and shrubs were native, the perennial flower beds provided our client a showpiece for their business.
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My Roles: Project Designer, Job Captain, Detailing, Management of documentation and drawing set.
Architect: Robert Edson Swain http://www.bobswain.com
Landscape & General Contractor: Scott Eckley http://www.scoteckley.com
Architect: Robert Edson Swain http://www.bobswain.com
Landscape & General Contractor: Scott Eckley http://www.scoteckley.com
Location: Lake Washington
Design Team: 3 persons
Year: 2006
Design Team: 3 persons
Year: 2006
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