MARCH/APRIL 2015
Water Features Enhance
Landscape
Relax, let it go, clear your mind
by Jamie Lober, Staff Writer
If you’re looking for a laidback
addition to your landscape, a
waterfall could be the answer.
“Part of what the waterfall
experience offers the homeowner
is to relax, let things go by and
clear the mind,” said Max Phelps,
owner of Rock Castles Landscaping. “Water features are my pride
and joy and that is what I enjoy
the most.”
For beginners, there are many
ways to get your feet wet. However, adding a waterfall to your
yard is not as easy as you may
think. It takes a little education
on the topic in order to install a
waterfall the right way.
“You can buy a book on
[designing and installing waterfalls] or go to the garden center
and tell them what you want,”
said Phelps. “You can get a preformed tub that has a little pond,
waterfall or tiny pump all in one
kit, unpackage it and plug it in,
but that is not what most people
are thinking about. The sensible
thing is to put some time in learning as opposed to learning by
doing it wrong and redoing it.”
There are various types of
waterfalls. “If it is a low-entrylevel project where you want to
spend a few bucks without a big
investment and are not worried
about anything except the trickle,
you can do it on the fly,” Phelps
said. “But if you are going to do
a major project that is a big asset
and a substantial piece of your
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