Landscaping Water Features in Charlotte, NC

Landscaping Water Features Charlotte

Water is one of the most important elements that make life possible on our planet. However apart from ensuring existence of fauna and flora, water surely adds the elements of tranquility and serenity to all kinds of landscapes. This is the reason why number of people desire to add water features to their gardens and empty landscape areas at their home and commercial properties. And if you are one of those people who desire to complete the look of your garden landscape through the soothing sounds of water, then you’ve surely come at the right place. At All Natural Streams in Charlotte, NC we add the ideal water features to your landscaping.

There are a number of ways which you can add a touch of tranquility and serenity to your garden landscape area and our team at All Natural Streams Landscaping make that possible for our esteemed clients in the most hassle free way. We offer a range of specialized services to our clients in order to add water features to their property, such as:

• Garden water fountains
• Pond construction and building
• Landscaping steams
• Patio designs and construction

No matter how and where you want to add these water features in your property, our team having an extensive experience of about 15 years makes that possible for you in no time. We are well aware that an outdoor space holds a special place in the property owner’s heart as it serves as the first impression for the all the visitors and onlookers, thus in order to make your first impression worthwhile, our team works with utmost dedication.

At All Natural Streams Landscaping, our team of landscaping and water feature experts makes sure that client’s desires and wishes are given top priority and in order to ensure the same, we don’t hesitate to conduct a number of meetings with our clients. Be it pond construction or installation of garden water fountains, our team is equipped to handle all kinds of projects and maintains uniqueness in each of the projects it handles.

Our team is cognizant of the fact that the outdoor space where you wish to construct your water feature will serve as an outdoor entertainment spot for your family, friends and customers and this is the reason why we use nothing but the best materials to accomplish this task. Our quality materials along with skilled labor ensure that each of our clients gets excellent water features in their outdoor garden space.

Our company not just undertakes the task of new construction of water features and ponds. We undertake the renovation, upgrading and even repair of already existing water features in Charlotte, NC.

So get in touch with the best landscaping designers in Charlotte and see your outdoor space getting transformed within a matter of few days. Contact All Natural Streams Landscaping for a price estimate of your water feature project now.

Landscape Design: Sometimes Imagination is the Limit

People have always loved the idea of gardening, often associating it with a peaceful corner that is just like Heaven. Maybe the idea came after the illustration of Garden of Eden, a place that waits for all the good souls. If you hire a quality landscape design company, you will have a passionate team, which is attentive to every single detail, providing you something that seems quite unearthly.

Nowadays there is no need to wait to see Heaven, not when you have the possibility to hire a landscape designer who is able to provide you perfection. There is no need to go miles away to find a place where you can relax and enjoy the beauty of nature, at least not when you can have all this right next to your home. Imagine waking up every morning and seeing an amazing view that seems to be taken from fairytales.

Think about getting the waterfalls you have always dreamt about, completing the perfect image of a green nature. You can also get a pond construction, offering you an idyllic place where you can relax, enjoying a wonderful place that is entirely yours. These water features have the power to complete a perfect landscape, and therefore you should find a landscape designer who is able to provide you these services.

You can get some amazing garden streams, being able to have the garden of your dreams. A great landscape design allows you to have everything you ever wanted, and therefore there is no need to let the limits get in your way. In a couple of days you will see that hard work and dedication are always awarded, and therefore you will get exactly what you want. Keep in mind that landscape work will definitely improve your site.

A good landscape design company offers a wide variety of services, communicating with the client in a constant basis. In this way the customer will obtain the services he wanted from the beginning. Therefore, the best landscape designers are able to provide exactly what the customers have requested, transforming their dreams into reality.

A landscapers work requires special knowledge in fields such as horticulture, agriculture, floriculture, and even architecture and construction. If you hire the best landscape design company you will be able to acquire several types of services that will provide you an amazing panorama that will make you stand out with something unique.

As you can see, if you decide to hire a landscape design company, you will be able to get exactly what you want, being able to have your own peaceful corner that looks exactly how you want it to look. Therefore, no matter what kind of services you want, if you find a great company, you will have the best at affordable prices, being able to collaborate with a passionate team who can turn all your wishes into something real. All you need to do is describe exactly what you want.

Learn more about landscape design at All Natural Streams Landscaping.

Custom Landscape Design Streams, Waterfalls and Living Spaces

See some of the latest backyard living spaces, streams and waterfalls by All Natural Streams Landscaping.

 

 

Recent Designs by All Natural Streams Landscaping

Our landscape design included a patio, koi pond, landscaping, fire-pit and stream by All Natural Streams Landscaping

10 Great Apps for Landscape Architects

We are spoiled for choice when it comes to apps — they range anywhere from recording our sleep cycle to reminding us to brush our teeth. Apps are constantly being developed to make our lives more interesting, if not easier. The apps for architecture and landscape architecture are plentiful, adapted to our habits from desk to field research and everything in between. In this article, I hope to show you some apps that made my academic life a bit easier and provided a more fascinating and different approach to projects.


1. Photosynth

Photosynth stiches together numerous images of an area and puts it into one file, creating a panoramic picture. The app takes the images from left to right, up to down, to create a photographic orb. On field trips, I found this app very useful for recording the space in order to get a better feel for it when I returned for desk study.

2. Behance and Behance Creative Portfolio

Behance is a site to display and discover online portfolios from across the artistic board, from categories such as Photography, Graphic Design, and, of course, Architecture. There are two apps, both by Behance: The first app is the site; the second is Creative Portfolio, which allows students and professionals to upload to the site, showcasing their portfolios.

3. Mini Scanner

This app has saved me many a time in the library! It is a simple app in which you can “scan” text or pictures and turn them into simple black and white drawings that are clear to read. The app is free, but you can upgrade it and gain the ability to email your images. I found this app very useful when I had small paragraphs of text to use, but didn’t want to waste paper photocopying.  This is a definite favorite of mine.

4. Virtual Sketchpads-Paper by 53 and SketchBook by Autodesk

These apps are virtual sketchpads, designed to replicate a paper sketchpad. Both apps have an ease of options, allowing natural flow of the virtual pencil or pen. I find it works well even on the iPhone, but I would recommend a stylus. Paper by 53 is solely for iPad.

5. Google Drive/SkyDrive

In relation to your choice of email, these apps allow easy sharing of work and a peaceful mind. Whether it is my hard drive breaking down or, in a more recent situation, sending files that I couldn’t send through normal email due to size constraints —  i.e portfolios, these are unbelievably useful. I have gotten into the habit of saving all my projects onto Google Drive after crits, and it really gives me peace of mind.

6. Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader is a simple and familiar app that allows interaction across various platforms. You can open documents directly as they are sent. It is very user friendly, with easy functions, and allows easy input and editing of existing information.

7. Dirr’s Shrub and Tree Finder

This app is a pocket version of the renowned Dirr’s book. Although this app is quite pricey, it seems like a very comprehensive app, with a variety of search options. This app is more for reference than plant identification, but allows a large, helpful book to be condensed into an application on your phone.

8. iRhino 3D

This app allows you to interact with your 3D models made through Rhino 3D from your portable device. There are some constraints, as you must shade your model in Rhino before opening it in the app, and there is a file size limit of about 50MB.

9. Evernote

This app makes life in general easier! Although this is not a landscape-orientated app, we all need a bit of organization, and this app is here to help. It allows you to save, sync, and share files and, with an upgrade, you can take your notes offline.

10. Bluebeam Revu

The perfect app for PDF creation, markup, editing, and collaboration for a paperless workflow. Also, ideal for punch lists and simple to navigate.
Apps are becoming increasingly popular in the world of design, and certainly are certainly going to continue to influence the design process.  With hundreds to choose from, and new creations daily, the future of apps for designers is bright!

Article written by Lisa Tierney

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Did the Groundhog See His Shadow?

And why do we ask whether he saw his shadow? For those who have never watched the movie,Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil is the name of the famous groundhog in Punxsutawney, PA who annually predicts when spring will come based on whether he sees his shadow on February 2.

On the morning of February 2, 2014, Punxsutawney Phil did see his shadow when he came out of his burrow for breakfast. Of course, what that really means is that his handlers, in their infinite wisdom, decided, for whatever mysterious reasons, that this would be a “shadow year,” signaling that we will be have 6 more weeks of winter.

But for me, there are two entirely separate aspects to Groundhog Day. We might term these two aspects the entertainment side and the psychological side. The festivities at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, where we learn whether or not Phil saw his shadow, highlight the entertainment side.

I’m much more interested in the psychological aspect of Groundhog Day, though. Falling as it does half-way between the winter solstice and spring equinox, Groundhog Day’s true significance has nothing to do with Phil’s shadowy antics. In acknowledging that we’ve reached winter’s midpoint on February 2, we can permit ourselves a deep breath, confident that, regardless of Phil’s prediction, spring is now in sight.

Be ready for Spring and all your landscaping needs at All Natural Streams Landscaping.

What We Can Learn From the Winter Landscape

Here in the North, winter can be a real eye-opener for us landscapers. What we take for granted in other seasons (flowers, deciduous leaves) is long gone. While we will inevitably miss those things, let’s not overlook the fact that this is a learning opportunity, too.

They say that, when the tide goes out, you learn who’s been swimming without a bathing suit. I’ve always thought that a pretty silly saying. It assumes either a very rapid change in tides or very slow swimmers (physically and/or mentally slow)! But silly or not, I couldn’t help but think of this saying in the context of learning something from the winter landscape.

The “tide” is “out” this time of year in the sense that the ephemeral color found in the landscape in spring, summer and fall has been stripped away. With all the camouflage removed, we get to see what’s really there — the more permanent features, if you will. And the value of certain plants rises in our estimation, as a result.

Which plants? Well, the ones I had in mind in particular when I began writing today are those with colorful foliage that lasts through the winter. Not just greenery, such as my mugo pine and umbrella pine (picture) provide, but also plants with more interesting colors. For example, plants with golden foliage, such as many of the falsecypresses, and plants with silver leaves, such as rose campion.

In addition, when we do not receive a lot of snowfall, shorter plants are allowed to shine throughout the winter (plants that would normally be buried beneath snow and therefore invisible). MyAngelina stonecrop falls into this category. During winters when there’s little snow cover, I’m able to enjoy its golden leaves mostly all of the winter.

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