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THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THESE WATERFALLS/PONDS/WATERSLIDE ON THIS SLOPE IS DIFFICULT DUE TO OBVIOUS CONSTRAINTS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOS.
IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO IMPLEMENT VIABLE PLANTING AREAS ADORNED WITH UNIQUE AND LUSH SPECIMEN PLATINGS AS THE SLOPES WERE VERY STEEP AND BASICALLY COMPRISED OF ROCK AND SHALE. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE ENOUGH ALLOWABLE ROOT SPACE FOR THE LARGE SPECIMEN PALMS, TREES, AND SHRUBS TO CONTINUALLY THRIVE IN THIS SETTING.
PROPER SCALE OF THE NEW SPECIMEN TREES TO BE INSTALLED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE EXISTING LARGE SLOPE. THESE NEW EXOTIC AND EYE-CATCHING PLANTINGS AND HOW IT WOULD BE AESTHETICALLY MARRIED SUCCESFULLY AND BE COHESIVELY PLEASING TO THE EYE WAS THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR OUR FIRM.
OUR SOLUTION AS SEEN IN THE ABOVE AND BELOW PHOTOS WAS TO CREATE A SERIES OF PARALLEL RETENTION PLANTERS/SHELVES CONSISTING OF "SOIL CEMENT" (A MIXTURE OF NATIVE SOIL AND ADDING CEMENT TO MIX). IN ADDITION, WE ALSO EMBEDDED VARIOUS SIZES OF BOULDERS AS ACCENTS WITHIN THE SOIL CEMENT WALLS. THE BEAUTY OF USING SOIL CEMENT AS OPPOSED TO ONLY BOULDERS IS THAT IT'S COLOR AND TEXTURE BLENDS AND DISAPPEARS NATURALLY WITH NATIVE SLOPE. WE THEN COULD BACKFILL THE NEWLY CREATED PLANTERS WITH PROPER SOIL AND AMMENDMENTS, THUS ALLOWING US TO INSTALL AND SUSTAIN THE HEALTH OF THE NEW PLANTINGS!
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