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2019/2.2, February 20 — Botanical Beauty, Disaster Relief, Purposeful Travel and more

THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS

February 20, 2019 www.watershapes.com

BOTANIC ENCHANTMENT
Forging a Path
Designing and installing botanical gardens may be soul-satisfying, but it’s also a remarkable professional challenge. AsRaymond Jungleswrites in the first of three articles on the subject, these projects have multiple audiences, each of them bringingmassiveexpectations to the table.[more]

FEATURE ARTICLE

Hard-Won Beauty

Called back to a pool he’d bid on unsuccessfully ten years earlier,William Drakeleyfound that the winning contractor had fallen short in several ways. It was now up to him to persuade an extremely reluctant client to start all over again, this time with a more suitable approach.[more]

TRAVELOGUE

The Family Plan
Contacted by a reader for advice on where to go on a family vacation if one of the goals was for her to see great watershapes,Jim McCloskeyrattled off a long list of U.S. cities — and then called her back later with a suggestion he thought might add special meaning to the trip.[more]

ESSENTIAL

The Architect Connection

As watershaping becomes an independent design discipline, says architectGreg Danskin, there’s increasing cause for watershapers to interact with and more fully understand what architects do and how they do it. Here, he offers his suggestions toward building that familiarity, starting by defining the nature of his profession and exploring the common ground upon which watershapers and architects operate.

This article, originally published inWaterShapesin March 2008, has been digitized for all readers. Clickhereto see the full text and enlarge the images to study them in detail.

TECHNICAL BRIEFING

Seeing the Light
All too often, homeowners unaware of the benefits of quality landscape lighting will sidestep it to cut costs as a project nears its conclusion. That’s a tendencyMike Gambinocombats by continuously educating his clients about the illuminated joys they’ll find outside after dark. [more]


WATERSHAPES WORLD

Decisions, Decisions

The original plan to update his family’s aging pool and spa has given way to another project for now, reportsJim McCloskey. But even the sidelined process gave him a deeper understanding of what daunts homeowners as they pass through what he now calls ‘remodel creep.’[more]

WE BROWSE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO . . .
Preaching to the Saved Dept.:Physical therapists make the case for the curative power of being in water.

Their article self-promotes, but it hits all the high points.
Sinuous Shapes Dept.:Architect Roman Vlasov offers a fresh take on weaving a pool into its environment. [more]
It’s been a while since anything struck me as sooriginal.


WATERSHAPES CLASSIC
Planting Pains
Back in 2009, Bruce Zaretsky wrote about the nature of landscape design and a trend that had him keenly concerned about the future. Do you think anything has happened over the past decade to alter his views? [more]

THE SHOPPING CART
Guppy Submerged LED Fixtures from Lightcraft
Lightcraft Outdoor(Chatsworth, CA) makes the model H20-302B underwater LED lighting fixture. Known as the Guppy, the compact fixture — just an inch-and-three-quarters tall — is made with heavy cast brass and has a natural-bronze finish. It comes with a pebble tray, includes a 25-foot cable and projects 15 feet with a 180-degree beam angle. For details, clickhere.
S.R. Smith Introduces In-Pool Lounges

S.R. Smith(Canby, OR) manufactures the Destination Lounger for use in water depths of up to 12 inches. Lightweight yet strong, the lounge is meant for residential or commercial use and has a design that allows for easy filling of the base section with water and for easy emptying if it needs to be moved within the pool or removed for storage. For details, clickhere.

WPN UPDATE

Getting in
the Game
These days, the Internet is the information resource of choice for those on the hunt for a huge array of goods and services. But it’s tough for any individual business to capture eyes amid the bewildering quantity of options facing consumers as they surf the web and try to find ways to make something like water, for example, part of their home or working lives.
That’s why we started theWaterShapes Professional Network— a place consumers are using to get basic information about pool. pond and fountain designers and builders before they start making direct phone calls to arrange for site visits and bids. It’s a new way of making initial contacts and getting in the game.
TheNetworkis working just the way we’d hoped: Time toclickaboard?

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