Water Gardens

Residence, West Bloomfield, MI

Residence, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Residence, Clarkston, MI

The view as you enter this backyard with the sound of the water inviting you in for a closer look.

A small backyard water garden with its ~4 ft high weir cut into an adjacent berm.

The view as you approach this water garden in the backyard of this residence.

We rebuilt this water garden when the original installer positioned it at the lowest point of the property, did a poor job with retention, drainage, and the hydro-mechanical.

We rebuilt the surrounding landscape, the irrigation, the lighting, and most of the supporting utilities in this renovation.

This project was extremely difficult due to the inaccessibility of the area once the original installer was finished. We did the majority of this renovation without machinery.

A detail photo showing the new pond edge after one grow season.

A detail photo taken directly after planting, looking pretty stark as one might expect.

A detail photo of a split weir and stream. We rebuilt all of the weirs and streams on this project, creating four where originally there were two.

A detail photo showing a typical skimmer box and submersible pump installation. There were four on this project.

A detail photo showing one of the retaining walls we added and completely replanted, after one growing season.

We were bound and determined to maintain a level of accessibility for the client to the water garden and its surrounding area as it was never provided originally. A detail photo showing a stone pathway along the back.

A detail photo showing some of the plantings in the surrounding retaining walls.

A small water garden pond in a heavily planted side yard of this residence.