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Discussing the Zen Garden Design

Bob meets with Donanld Young for a tour of the home's Zen garden. Donald discusses the plant choices and lighting requirements in a garden this size. Slate tiles are also added to the garden and a rck garden is created.
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Discussing the Zen Garden Design

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" Let's say hello to Donald young landscape architect who has helped us out here with our little. Zen garden -- well I thought we're gonna have a lot more stones and gravel. Well Bob discarded into the waste and so we want to -- that would plant which reverses the ground with a hot gravel. Aren't yet so we -- alternates into a nice little quarter we've just. That's one thing to learn that if you try to put a gravel garden right next to your white walls and stone -- the reflection might release. Heat up the inside of the house so what's some of the plant material you've chosen here well basically at this -- court and we have selected the mainly. The Japanese maple. As a -- the space that's. How big will that yet -- brackets slide the Gephardt another. 1050 feet tall but it would be but -- going to conclude that shape that we want to. OK keep it small anything you want and is it okay growing underneath the shade of these the other treatment via the -- that's -- I -- the Japanese -- like you'll negotiate so we have a -- existing Chinese -- and that's right above there that was already here here. And the the maple with people will really well he does so -- structure OK and then there's bamboo behind you -- I recognize that. We have the bamboo that the other plant material that that was again select the recall from the plant material. In the art yet also all the others that the -- we have here in the Chinese magnolia. And that is. Actually it'll bloom what color didn't purple. And what's the growing habit of this particular did that we use thought that the equipment will last night which is possible. -- we might actually turn signal. And -- told -- because uses as its failure against the wall so Willis boundary it will will force it to grow flat against the -- long that'll be priority -- And again and that it might reflect it was. The that the the -- definitely -- it. Now what about the rocks though there are very important part of yes well in any. Or an abortive -- we have. Need to -- the rocks -- no actually we have carton. And I. Reflect these missiles call -- that still don't like million mr. Cots you'll -- mr. negotiate mr. he or she is is doing the installation hello I don't know it. Now you're also trained as a landscape architect but you really love to do the the installation work right yes yes tell me about the stones now where where did they come from. This come from up front of the stuff. Upland California right and what is it -- granite and granite. Now do you. Do you specify how they're to be caught or is this the form that you found them. That's this that he's just like this let's go you on some rocks right and you bring him back now how do you figure out. What positions to give them where to put you know when employees tall and look at all. Indonesia rocks at a besides item in the shade us base in afternoon on then that nice face. A nice space it to you decided this had the nicest face -- my -- feeding your interview here Vila yeah. And what about this rock over here though how did you decide to places when you just kind of it's. Right now that I Felicia you know it's -- one wolf flag right members never even numbers right. And right now we've still got the mud here but you're in the process of doing. Another what stepping -- away. OK tell us about what the mixes here -- What pour the concrete mix here. And it's just a regular ground believes let them what dry mix -- always concrete mix and so here you've just made a little form work and you're basically pouring a little concrete pad about. Two inches thick."

" And and the idea is justice let as the one on hand here you'll be putting these rights rental is here OK at -- about to let them. Columbia graduate degree but. Another couple to three minutes yet to -- that I threat throughout and that could mean yet."

" Okay now these will have to set overnight before we can walk on -- with -- Plank over them in order to drop the stone in here. This queen. Is the product of choice as a barrier to keep any weed growth down he -- he's already precut this to fit in nicely into the area. And around the accident rocks. There's just construction great. Gravel."

" We'll look -- it. And tough road. It's."

" So the art of placement continues -- with these broken granite pieces which are. They're not really Koppel they're just talked to grant right broken but -- these -- really -- what you know broken granite to cut the rough texture. That's to the block and then -- come all the way forward it is the next big rocks and then wrap the threads as you go to. He's moved -- right of these Iraq since the -- move around without being well looked. The goal -- easily read that little finished material popularized here. Right -- leveled."

" But. It's. Good."

" It's too many rainy days in California but when you do or if you what's this down that's when the beauty of this. Of the stone really comes truth. It's really gorgeous let me get by here make that we've got one access peace. That goes right here right done right this is an antique Chinese garden lantern in the belonged to the homeowners month. And in lib movement right there. Pretty little thing."

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