Water Feature Design • Unique Column Fall • A Case Study Traven ...

Water Feature Design • Unique Column Fall • A Case StudyTraven Pelletier - Owner - Lotus Gardenscapes Inc.1. Seminar Overview• Design– Inspiration– Space– Form / Structure– Case Study2. Water Feature Inspiration!• Design Resources– Traditional Japanese Water Features– Asian Gardens & Religion– Natural Stonework– Strategies• Take time to read on subject• / Travel to inspiring places• Pursue related hobby / artwork• Develop benefi cial relationships• Study Competitor’s work• Share your time and knowledge• Challenge yourself with new• materials and projects3. Space - Planning & Design• “Heart of the Garden”– Study the site– Part of a larger plan– Natural or Formal– Material Choices“softening the feature”– Water, the dynamic element– Feng Shui• Flow direction• Wealth• Mountain & River

(space – planning & design continued...)• Scale– Sized appropriately to surrounding landscape / architecture• Economy– Designed to budget– Energy requirements• Maintenance– Time requirements– Plants / Fish / Leaf Fall– Cost• Technical Specifi cations– Head / Flowrate– Fall Size– Pumps / Plumbing requirements4. Form & Structure• Choice of Stone• Placement & Size• Relation of Elements• Number of Pools• Length of Streams• Study the natural• Dynamic Tension5. Waterfall Type• Single Fall• Two Step Broken• Three Step Broken• Smooth Fall• Uneven Fall• Sky is the Limit!6. Stone Choices• Form & Texture• Groupings• Level of Detail• Variation

Drawings from “Creating Japanese Gardens” by Phillip Cavecopyright 1993 printed with permission from Charles E. Tuttle Co.Seminar Presentation & Materials Copyright 2008 - Traven PelletierLotus Gardenscapes Inc.