Taking great pride in developing watershape and landscape designs that combine an appreciation for the setting with an understanding of the clients' tastes, Roger and Sheri Soares have prospered for years on the high end of the hotly competitive Phoenix marketplace.  In this project, they took advantage of spectacular views, blended their work into a hillside and worked out all the harmonic links between the desert and the home's modern style.

 

Ponds can be at their beautiful best over the winter, notes Brian Helfrich -- hence his desire here to offer a few simple steps that will keep them running for the duration.  It takes some effort, he concedes, but the spectacle of frozen waterfalls and streams makes it all worthwhile.  [more]

When asked to set up an antique wall fountain, Randy Beard did his client the favor of looking at it as a full-scale watershape.  As this video demonstrates, a basic bit of plumbing and some attention to detail makes short work of what all-too-often proves to be an ongoing chore.  [more] 

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A Fountain Revised

When the 12 acres of Grand Park were dedicated in downtown Los Angeles last year, observes Jim McCloskey, the key to it all was a renovated fountain now accompanied by a spacious splash deck.  It's definitely worth a visit -- especially on a warm, sunny day.  [more]