The pool is the easy part.
What turns a pool into a place is the stone around it, the planting that screens it and, more often than not, the waterfall spilling into it. That is the part we build.
We do not install pools. We build everything around them.
A new pool in a bare yard looks like a hole with water in it. It stays that way until the landscape catches up.
We work around the pool you already have or the one that is going in. Terrace and coping, boulder waterfalls and spillways, screening so you are not swimming in front of the neighbours, planting that survives chlorine and foot traffic, and lighting so the whole thing works after dark.
The waterfall is where the pond experience pays off. A rock feature spilling into a pool is set the same way we set a pond waterfall, on its natural bed with the plumbing hidden and the water breaking where we want it to break. That is not a landscaper’s skill and it is not a pool builder’s either.
If you are having a pool put in, talk to us before it is dug. Where the equipment sits, where the coping lands and how the grade falls away are all much cheaper to get right the first time.
- What we do
- Stone, planting, water features, lighting
- What we do not do
- Install the pool itself
- Waterfalls
- Boulder set, plumbed and hidden
- Screening
- Evergreen and mixed, for privacy
- Best timing
- Before the pool is dug, if possible
- Works with
- Your pool builder or an existing pool
- Typical range
- $15,000 to $60,000+
- Service area
- All of Nassau County
Poolscapes we have built.
Scott and his team did excellent work putting in our backyard landscaping. His team is friendly, hardworking, professional and courteous.
Pool to pond conversion.
Some clients go the other way. An unused pool is a lined, plumbed hole in the ground, which makes it a good start on a very large ecosystem pond. It is a real conversion, not a fill-in, and it is cheaper than digging a pond from scratch.
Published, not pried out of us.
Terrace size, stone selection, grade and access move the number. These are the honest ranges.
Planting and screening
Evergreen screen, beds and mulch around the pool
Pool terrace
Stone or paver terrace with coping detail
Boulder waterfall
Set stone feature spilling into the pool
Full poolscape
Terrace, waterfall, planting and lighting
Do you build the pool?
When should I bring you in?
Will chlorine kill the planting?
Can the waterfall run into the pool itself?
Can you screen the pool from the neighbours?
What about converting an old pool to a pond?
Tell us about the yard.
We will tell you what is possible in it.
Every project starts the same way: Scott walks the property, listens, and sketches. No pressure, no template. Consultations across Nassau County are free.