Stone & Hardscaping

The old men say
the earth
only
endures
you spoke
truly you are right
Sioux, "The Earth Only Endures"

We do not lack for stone in the mountains. With it's abundance we may create walls, pathways, patios and more.

Large boulders in the landscape create the scale needed with the tall pines that surround us. Appropriate placement of boulders on the site can feel as thought your home grew from the ground as an "out-croping".

Stone connect us to nature and our surroundings adding continuity and flow.

Walls and paths pull us along drawing us deeper into the garden and into separate areas that are hidden from view.

Stone may be stacked without mortar as in a "dry-stacked' wall or a mortared stonewall where the stone is faced onto a structure shuch as cinder block.

Walls over thirty inches must be engineered to insure structural strength.
Pathways may be mortared or set in gravel, soil or de-composed granite'