We’ve all stopped and listened upon encountering a rippling brook or stream—to soak up the serenity that nature provides.
STREAMS water features that add elegance and relaxation
Creating a stream with a waterfall that meanders along a slope tumbling over rocks, and trickles through nooks and crannies ending up in a pool can be an expensive landscape project choice, but indeed, is quite worth the effort when done right.
Its ambiance plays a prelude to and extends into all the other gardening set around it creating an Eden-like environment. Working with the principal that water always flows downhill, it is important to build a water garden that is scaled appropriately to your property.
Any site with a slope of one inch per ten feet will support a stream, but more slope expands the possibilities for building waterfalls. Slopes can be built higher to accommodate larger waterfalls. Keep in mind your scale. A waterfall should not be too high or it will look out of place.
Make sure there is enough drainage. A heavy rain can add more water to your stream than your facilities can handle. The stream can be a source of runoff as well. Locating the stream so that overflow water runs into a drainage easement or a dry well (a pit lined with gravel ) just beyond the low end of the stream can solve the problem of having to add water to your stream in dry, hot weather.
Our landscape design team can create beautiful waterscape streams and waterfalls in just about any size space! Call us today and let us meet with you about adding this wonderful water feature.