goddess in white stone

I had to do something with a crate of white stone. She had this dark goddess, so I set it in the white stone grotto. I posted progress shots of this earlier (see pbv label), but the plants are filling in now. Looks good. jc

Another waterfall

Two views that I haven't posted of yet another little waterfall and gravel garden. jc

Old falls

This is an old waterfall, but I don't think I have posted it. There is a small, red threadleaf maple at the right that has grown about six inches in ten years. jc
I just checked and I did post it. So here it is again.

Pine grove

This is the last work of the year. Behind the two bedroom suites at PBV. Was just a mess of natives and invasives. Started the planting, and will finish in the spring. jc

new work at pbv

Before and 'in progress' shots. I will plant this in the spring, and be placing the goddess (partly visible in the right foreground, riding a lion) in the enclosed area, filled with gravel. jc

filligree

While driving by and I was so struck by the back-lit filigree lace at Pleasant Bay Village that I turned around and took some photos . jc

Pleasant Bay Falls

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Two waterfalls at Pleasant Bay Village that I haven't posted yet I don't think. Both at least ten years old. The one into the pool is the only return, as the old underground pipes were leaking. jc

Fall colors

The last of the fall colors. Bittersweet berries (a terrible invasive, but beautiful now), two Bloodgoods and a Seiryu Japanese maple. jc

Brilliant color

Another shot of the beautiful Seiryu maple. jc

Color

The Japanese maples at PBV are spectacular. These are not enhanced at all. The red-orange of the Seiryu vibrates against lime green of its normal leaf color. One of my favorite trees. jc

Just a pretty garden

A garden and waterfall I haven't posted before. Taken from the back deck of one of the cottages at PBV. Looks like one of mine, but for some reason I didn't include a circle.
I'm off to Minnesota for a week. The "one year" photos will be a couple of days late. jc

Big courtyard

This is a courtyard style garden that runs off the back decks of seven rooms at PBV. It was particularly challenging as the decks were built above grade and I then had to fill up to, and under them, to make the paths and gardens. I did all the stone work and gardens. The whole space is designed to have a fence between it and the road to complete the enclosure, but it as not been built. There are two small water features. The one shown is in the center of the two larger scenes, but taken at an earlier date. jc

Filigree Lace

This is a red filigree laceleaf Japanese maple at PBV. It's about six feet tall. This is quite an old tree. I built this garden about 15 years ago, and the tree was already mature. Because the leaves are so fine it grows very slowly. It looks fairly standard in the photo but the leaves are truly about as delicate as lace. I've pruned it to give it some shape. Behind it is a piece of rose quartz with mica. It doesn't look too pink between the azalea and the maple, but it is quite striking when the sun reflects off the mica cap. It is directly in front of you when you turn into the entrance. Makes a nice opening statement I think. jc

Another day at PBV

I spent the day working on a garden stone path, but these are nicer photos.
This is another example of how I like to make gravel driveways and parking areas part of the composition. This is a parking area at Pleasant Bay Village. You can see the sign for room 403. The gravel feels like a big pond washing up to the stone banks of the gardens.
The other photo is just pretty. I'm not a fan of this cherry (sort of messy and fragile) except when it makes the pink snow. jc

Circles and Curves

Here is yet another circle. The waterfall at the left is one of my most elegant I think. I'll post a photo of it later. This may be the first time I got to control the whole composition. I wasn't just adding to an existing space. The people who own this home stayed at PBV for years, and wanted me to create that quality in their yard. The gravel in the foreground comes right off their driveway. That is another thing I do quite often. I use the gravel drive as part of the composition; exemplifying, as it does, water. jc

Ruined Steps

This work, like much of what I post here, is at the Pleasant Bay Village Motel in Chatham. I needed to make steps up this bank. I was going to make stone steps right up the face, but it would have been too steep, so I made ruins/remnants of steps from stone and made landscape tie steps that back track up to the left. (out of the photo)

Naturalized falls

A waterfall can naturalize pretty quickly if given the appropriate plant material. This little grotto is only two years old. jc

Beginning

Jonah's falls. I did the design and construction. Waterfall, stonework and gardens. It's a 4x8 sheet of quartzite. I like the steps and patio.

JC Stahl