Our Japanese Styled Garden


And Pond

Our first step in the garden design was to cut a flat area in the side yard.  Since we live on a hill we needed to  build a retaining wall to prevent the soil from sliding down the hill into the pond upon the first rain...

 

Here is a picture of the yard in its virgin state.>>

Soil cut from the hill side was used to create more usable land on the downward side>>

The retaining wall,.. 7 tons of rock>>>

Panoramic View of the pond cut into the soil, and my $100.00 Faux Torri Gate>>

Here you can see the underliner being laid.>>

The rocks go in,.. All 26 Tons of them...>>

Pond Specs.
27' Wide
35' Long
3.5' deep end
Aprox 10,000gal

Large Panoramic View of pond>>

4/18/04 Plants and Gravel Added>>

Panoramic Photo

360 Deg Picture (Large)

Updates 5/1/04
Grass:        (1200yd's)
Pea
Garvel: (4 tons)
Koi:           (100 Small, 3 large)>>

 

(Zen Gravel Area)

(Japanese Maple)

(Big Black Butterfly (Kawarimono Magoi) )

(Big Butterfly Taisho Sanke Left and Kohaku Right)

(Water Plants, Sugar Cane, Vietnamese mints, Fern, & baby Juniper)

New rocks for Christmas 12-24-04

MORE PHOTOS HERE!

Bamboos

12/04/04 Landscape Pictures