Get to know me through my garden work.
The Stone Throne, Ruler Worthy
In the Mid-Hudson Valley landscape design I built “The Stone Throne” to keep the royal buns toasty even in winter. Not pictured here is a built-in fire pit behind its stone backrest which, provides its warmth. A rock dust base acts as a heat sink which extents its therapeutic effect.
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A Micro-Forest with “Out-of-Bounds” Waterfall Splash
An 11 foot high logjam waterfall is fed from a spring bubbling up at grade, in the southeast corner of a 60 by 40 foot suburban garden space. Water flows and falls down multiple sculpted levels in streams and ponds. Water courses over and through dramatically placed driftwood and seemingly into a deep cave. All suggesting to the eye and mind a much grander space.
The lowest stone deck in this landscape design is at the base of the falls holds a fire pit, seating and a hot tub. South facing glass sliders offer private access to the home’s sun baked “basement” lower level.
Established in 1996.
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Stone Stairway to Swimming Hole Heaven
A stairway designed to be part of the natural landscape blends with the temptation of water to create an alluring hideaway in this landscape design.
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A Thirty Six Foot Long Log Bridge
In the background of this photo lies a foot bridge I designed and built with engineered parallams faced with pine slabs.
This landscape design makes it look as though King Kong ripped apart a tree and placed it there for Fay Wray to safely cross the turbulent stream.
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Rock Cut Basins
These sculptures adorn my gardens to reflect the power of nature and how its swirling waters can spin and shape even the most jagged stones, resulting in rocks that are smooth to the touch and pleasing to the eye throughout my fundamental landscape design approach.
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Details in Motion
Natural movement can be calming and bring a sense of familiarity and novelty to our reality.
In my landscape designs, I create that effect in as many ways as possible.
Here small stones generate a sense of flow even while remaining in place.
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Sculpted Swimming Holes
Even in winter the beauty of these swimming holes relaxes the mind and body.
The shape in this landscape design makes for a peaceful place to cool down in summer and forms intriguing ice circles in winter.
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Floating Stone Paths
Cantilevered ledges create darkened spaces for your unconscious mind to wander. Where does it lead in these garden photos?
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“Micron Canyon” Faraway at Home
My landscape design looks as if it developed there on its own, eons ago, not man-made. Paradise has the grand plan feel of succession baked right in.
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Rock Loveseat
Tucked away in the landscape design is a special perch carved into the hillside, from which to admire the surrounding scenery.
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Driftwood Comes Alive Here
This landscape design intertwines branches purposely resting among the stone and plant-filled surroundings to establish and validate the garden's growth cycles: storm to storm, season to season, and year to year.
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Log Flumes in the Flow
Water forks in many directions as it coats the mossy face of hollowed out fallen limbs shown in these garden photos.
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Manicured Less Forest-Floors
Choose your path between the pine needles that layer to create a soft forest floor in this landscape design where squirrels form cone shapes searching for their acorns.
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Enjoying the Company of a Queen Bee’s Hive
Placing a honey bee hive in this landscape design in a secure and safe spot in the garden creates a royal, lofty presence that enhances the connections to nature; especially when we leave the honey for the hard working bees who created it.
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Primitive Awareness
This landscape design features stone and copper wire sculptures that pay homage to the balance present in nature throughout these garden photos.
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No Slings or Arrows
Targets transformed by art to represent the souls of the wild pictured here in these garden photos.
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Passive Garden Cottage
Pictured in these garden photos is my scale model of a lightweight, portable, solar and battery powered paradise cottage.
It’s perched in the garden to provide a place for viewing and relaxing as well as safe overnights. There one’s mind is free to meld with nature, blanketed by the cool evening breeze.
This project encompasses years of research and design. I have attended the Passive House USA Expo in Portland, Oregon, and trained, as a sit-in, in New York City. There I developed contacts with experts who can provide technical support for future builds. I am also closely following Tesla’s development of solar collecting shingles and Powerwall, and look forward to using them on a project soon.
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