Steps from the house lead to the patio. The stream bed runs through the middle.The patio is nestled in drought-loving plants that bring color and invite hummingbirds and other life into the garden.The patio is made of hand-formed and colored concrete. The furniture is made from sustainably grown eastern white cedar.Mexican bush sage, on the right, attracts hordes of hummingbirds and beneficial insects.Behind the patio is the pond. The stream bed leads off to the right.Here you can see the two benches along the strolling path that runs beside the stream bed.The stream bed is planted with native rushes and iris.A salvaged timber makes a nice footbridge across the stream.An in-ground pond is made of concrete and lined with native sandstone boulders.We developed a technique for making concrete look like stone, using painstaking handwork and special methods.
