Jim

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Organic Emergence
This project began with a client's dropped jaw. I'd been called to the site by one of my usual subcontractors to help resolve a minor problem he was having.  While that was being resolved, I noticed that the new steps in the remodeled pool were far more troubling.   With the client and a bunch of other people standing there, I asked for a demo hammer - and saw the looks of astonishment as I smacked the top step and
Genesis Evolution
When I was a student, it generally upset me when a class came nowhere close to completing its agenda.  This was especially true in college, but it even reached back into high school, when I'd feel almost cheated that the last five chapters of a 25-chapter textbook fell into some crack at the end of the year, never to be seen or heard from again. I could rationalize it in
2017/10.1, October 4 — Expanding Vision, Watergarden Art, Cascading Splendor and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS October 4, 2017 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Lights on the Side
  We've designed and built lots of fountains and waterfeatures through the years on all sorts of scales and levels, but this one - a definite jump outside the box - will be particularly memorable for all of us. The client was The Woodlands, the big planned community near Houston. One of its highlights is a 1.7-mile-long waterway
Aquascape Unveils Basalt Column Fountain Kits
Aquascape (St. Charles, IL) now packages sets of three Mongolian basalt columns in complete fountain…
Tuuci Offers the Equinox Cabana
Tuuci (Miami, FL) makes Equinox Cabana structures. Designed to transform any patio, poolside or outdoor…
DEL Ozone Introduces the Solar Eclipse 50
DEL Ozone (San Luis Obispo, CA) manufactures Solar Eclipse 50, an ozone-generating system designed for…
Hidden Garden Sounds from PlanterSpeakers
PlanterSpeakers (Bridgeport, CT) makes speaker systems hidden within classic planter formats, including the Model 6.17…
W.R. Meadows Offers Dual-Layer Waterproofing
W.R. Meadows (Hampshire, IL) offers Clay-Tite, a dual-layer waterproofing system consisting of virgin HDPE (20…
Deck-Toned Skimmer Covers from CMP
CMP (Newnan, GA) manufactures Natural Wonders Deck Covers as a custom design element intended to…