Our client wanted this garden remodel to be as “environmental” as we could get it. We made a drought-tolerant “western” landscape using water in a style reminiscent of the classic Spanish garden. The fiberglass spa was converted into a stone edged pond, which functions as the heart of the new garden. Water springs from a jug embedded into the side of a slight hill, and then travels through the garden in a “rill” or ditch. Old concrete walkways were broken and stacked into raised planting islands capped with flagstone seating. The patio floor is a combination of decomposed granite and Arizona flagstone. The large blue gate is as much theater as circulation, visually claiming the tree top views of neighboring properties as its own. Landscape Designer Chris Jacobson, GardenArt Group Landscape Contractor Dave Romeri Masonry Martin Garcia AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS Landscape Architecture Magazine, Design section, “Small Wonder” Sunset Magazine, “Water Soothes the Soul” Sunset Western Landscaping 1999 Sunset Garden Design Competition — Regional Design Award