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Glenn Dickinson
Glenn Dickinson
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Don't like uniform size of boulders. Doesn't look natural

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Joints between pavers, planter next to house

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NOT THIS -- too Arizona

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Build a wall or planter to anchor the waterfall

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Firepit

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Stacked stone planter

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Stacked stone planter around trees

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Mixed stone. Multi trunk tree is Camelia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua is a species of Camellia native to China and Japan. It is usually found growing up to an altitude of 900 metres. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 5 m tall. Wikipedia

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Japanese maple and oleander

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Stacked stone wall and steps

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. . . but then again, the right brown ground cover might work ... natural cedar?

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Black ground cover looks better than brown. Lose the minecraft green blocks

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Non-stone ground cover -- not too good

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Alternative path? Not crushed stone

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I don't like this. A little Japanese but mostly not. Tacky red bridge

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Use of boulder and plants

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Nice use of flagstone border around pond

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Dry stream bed and mossy ground cover, Santa Barbara, CA

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NOT THIS -- too linear. Nature doesn't make a straight-line stream

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Firepit design

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Raised planters with ledges -- note irregular arrangement

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complementary boulders

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a little, random step for no reason

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firepit and flagstone

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Stone steps, integrated into landscaping

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Small tea house

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Placement of boulder partly in landscaping Put next to pond?

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Use of hillside

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Small tea house

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Small pond, big boulders

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Placement of boulders half in and half out of planter

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Small tea house

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Dry bridge

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Walkway with plants on both sides

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