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Spring is almost here!!

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Stone wall with spring blooms

Spring time is just around the corner!

It’s time to start thinking about that new landscape project or backyard oasis you’ve been wanting to create in your backyard.

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Here in Asheville, Nc, Spring is the best time to landscape your yard. It’s also a great time to get your existing pond or water feature cleaned out and ready to go for the season. If you have a koi pond, March and early April is the best time to have your pond cleaned out. The fish are waking up from their winter rest and the bio activity in the pond is starting to thrive.

We can help you professionally clean your pond while keeping your fish safe.

Koi pond and fountain

Spring time in Asheville is also the perfect time for some fresh mulch around the yard, or maybe a new flagstone patio and fire pit so you can enjoy the summer outside with your family.

Flagstone patio and Fire pit

Whatever it is, Living Waters Landscaping can help bring your yard to life!

Give us a call anytime to set up a consultation.

Jacob

828-301-8017

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We won the best of Houzz service award for this year.

Vist our Houzz site to see what we are up to and check out some of our water features, patios and gardens in the Asheville area.

http://livingwaters.houzz.com/projects

Thanks!

Jacob

828-301-8017

 

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Building a Fairy Home

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When designing a landscape it’s always good to stop and think about some options to make your garden unique.

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We built a series of dry stacked stone retaining walls for our client in Asheville recently. In the landscape design process we decided to add a really cool feature into the walls. A little fairy grotto was the idea. Our clients came up with the idea originally. I have seen similar ideas in other walls, but have yet had the opportunity to install one. We thought it was a great idea, for a small statue or maybe a spot for a candle to brighten the feature at night.

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So we made a space for the little fairy nooks (3 of them in the finished wall) and began building.  We installed some small stone arches that were dry laid into the wall, using only friction to hold them together and some wood support that we removed after we were done.

The stone arch is an ancient technique that I have yet to master.

The history of the arch dates back to ancient Italy where the Etruscan people built unimaginable stone arches as gates to the city. The Romans learned from them and perfected the craft.

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To bring a little bit of this ancient art into our modern landscape design brings me great joy.

I love dreaming of new and old techniques to install into the features we create for our clients.

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We will move forward, building and learning. Mastering techniques as the Romans did from the Etruscans.

Maybe one day in the future our children will pass on some pass on some skill to another generation to come, that will create a legacy of artistic craftsmanship for future builders.