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Water Features Bring Beauty and Serenity to the Backyard

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

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    According to landscape designer, Doug Scott, one of the best ways to add beauty and inject a sense of calm and serenity into your landscape is by adding a water feature.
  • Be it a water garden, a koi pond, waterfall or stream, water features are a sure-fire way to bring calm, beauty, wildlife and a high-end look and feel to any of your outdoor spaces, Scott said.
  • In a new episode of the series , Scott walks through the steps to building a backyard water feature with Greg Hutson of All Outdoor Lawn Services of Gainesville, Georgia.
  • After digging out the basic shape of the water feature, a two-layer liner system is installed to keep water from leaking.

Water Features Enhance the Backyard Experience

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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    According to landscape designer, Doug Scott, of Redeem Your Ground in Atlanta, Georgia, water features also invite nature into the yard.
  • Water features not only enhance backyard beauty by increasing visual interest, the bubbling sounds add a sense of calm to any outdoor space, Scott said.
  • In this new Exmark Original video, Done-In-A-Weekend Projects, Go With the Flow, Scott discusses the various options available for water features, along with the benefits of each.
  • Plants common to water gardens include water lettuce, water lilies, horse tail, blue iris and sweet flag.