Feel the beauty in your yard! Landscape design and Feng Shui

he Bird Sanctuary at The Pinery is a go! We are currently finalizing plans for the irrigation. This task is somewhat complicated. The most complicated irrigation situation I have ever encountered in my 15 years of Landscape Design. There is no electricity on this 8.5 acre site although electricity is all around on other properties. I know what you’re thinking, “just pull from one of the other properties”. It’s not quite that simple. Not all other properties are owned by The Pinery and the cost for pulling electricity under existing streets will be in the range of $15-20,000. Then there is the additional monthly electricity bill. That also gets us further away from this being a natural site. I am relying on the expertise of the irrigation contractor to complete this challenging task in such a way that it sustains the plant material that is scheduled to be installed in the fall of this year (2010). I have faith (and hope) that it can and will be done.

The next challenge, once we realize how to power the system is that the site has a small residential tap. That means that it will be interesting to see how we can water even a portion of the site without losing too much water pressure. Again, I must rely on the irrigation contractor to design the system in such a way that we can add on the next phases as we progress and still not lose pressure.

I am very excited about this project!  My favorite clients are birds, bees, butterflies and critters. This is about truly giving back. Instead of destroying habitat, we are creating it. We need to start giving back habitat, even if it is within suburbia. They have learned to live with us in their space, the least we can do is make them comfortable. Our roommates. Our friends.

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