Garrett Churchill
Scotland Yards
Top, Left: This fence project took
Garrett Churchill, Inc. seven days to
complete. The fence runs 33-feet
long and features a 4-foot gate. The
contractor chose cedar for all the
framing and posts, and bamboo was
used for the panels.
Bottom, Left: The wall for this
Scotland Yard's project stretches
more than 21 feet and is 4.5 feet
tall and one foot thick. Overall, the
entire project took three workers 10
days to build.
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vegetable garden. The major challenge, according
to the contractor, was that ���the access road getting
to the house was extremely narrow. Trucks and
heavy-equipment were a challenge each time
simply getting to the site.���
Mark Ambtman
For this Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania project,
landscape contractor Mark Ambtman was
presented with an open backyard canvas. The
homeowner wanted a private and intimate space, an
extension of their indoor living areas. The challenge
was to create an ���enclosed space,��� without ���closing
the space.���
According to the contractor, ���It was important
to be inclusive of the natural environment behind
the home, as ���nature��� is typically limited in an
urban environment like this.��� To complement the
area, the contractor added a natural gas fire-table,
built-in and moveable seating, low-maintenance
plants, and lighting.
Greenstate Landscaping
This project was installed in the rear yard of an
older home in Lumberton, North Carolina. The
client had already installed the pool, pool filters,
and surrounding concrete, and was eager to
upgrade the area. The neighbor behind had a chain
link fence with mature plant materials, attractive
from their side but not for Greenstate���s client. The
homeowner asked for a ���Zen-like��� feel around the
pool. They had a six-foot tall solid brick fence on
one side, but the total rear property had a four-foot
chain link fence.
Air movement and more privacy for the pool and
spa area were the client���s two top concerns. There
was also an elevation issue where the pool concrete
area was installed.
A flimsy black plastic edging held back six inches
of soil, and several inches were exposed from the
finished level of existing concrete. The narrowness
of the area was the hardest obstacle to giving the
client air movement but also privacy.