We are working on a project in Scottsdale Arizona with a pool remodel. We are using artistic pavers and have incorporated one of the core elements for Arizona desert landscaping design: Stone. We are using stone around the pool to create a natural looking slide. We are your Arizona landscape contractors and your “Dream Retreat” experts. Contact us today and get a free estimate and turn your backyard into a “Dream Retreat”.

Using Rocks in Arizona Landscape

Rock Waterfalls

You see them around in people’s backyards and the entrances to communities, and they can give the landscape a cool refreshing feel. What are they? Rock Waterfalls! And the coolest thing about them here in the Arizona desert is they have water! Rock waterfalls are a landscaping feature installed by a professional Arizona landscape contractor and add a richness to your landscape design. We can give you some great examples of water features we have added for our clients.

Another Arizona landscape design feature that most of us will incorporate into our desert landscape, is landscaping rock or gravel, available in a variety of shapes and sizes. Prices vary, beginning with the less expensive grey rock. When choosing colored rock, consider your home’s exterior paint color. What may look beautiful in your neighbor’s yard, might be garish and unsightly when paired with your house’s color.

While it is common to use the landscape rock or gravel as a ground-cover in our desert landscape, larger rocks or boulders are also used as interesting accents. Boulders and large rocks can add interest when placed next to trees and shrubs or used as benches or just a place to relax and enjoy the beauty of your landscape design.

Don’t forget landscaping with Flagstone and Artistic Pavers. These stones add beauty, durability, and provide a clean area for walkways and patios. Check out our examples of stone walkways.

Contact Dream Retreats Landscape Design and Contracting Company to get a professional landscape design including rock waterfalls by calling us at 480.507.8872 or visiting our website at: http://dream-retreats.com.

There is definitely a good way and a bad way to lay landscape walkway and patio landscape pavers. The Bad way will lead to uneven surfaces. The Good way will lead to a long lasting and beautiful patio or walkway.

Laying a patio, pool deck, or walkway is in the details of the prep work. It’s the work that no one sees; but, it is the work that if done correctly will last.

Take a look at the pictures below

Bad Paver Prep

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Good Paver Prep

Good Paver Prep
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Artistic Landscape Pavers

I’m really excited about a new landscape design product that we have started to us and the new possibilities with Artistic Pavers. 

The Artistic Pavers are an elegant collection of landscaping pavers and coping for all your exterior landscaping projects like pool decks, walkways, decorative planters, fountains, raised walls and more.

Even better, the company recently opened a new manufacturing plant in Casa Grande, making their products for pool deck remodeling and paver patios truly available to customers in the southwest, especially those of use that live in the East Valley.

Casa Grande Landscape Paver Location

Prior to the new plant in Casa Grande, the pavers were only made in Florida and the shipping costs made the product unmarketable here in Arizona.

Artistic pavers truly combines all the qualities that I’ve been looking for in a landscape design paver and especially for use as a pool deck. They are a great alternative to all other products out there especially when considering landscape renovation, pool deck installation, or pool deck renovation.

Until now homeowners have been limited to the traditional “kool deck” or the “acrylic deck coatings” applied over concrete decking. These products were ok, but both eventually chip and peel off or the concrete slab eventually cracks leaving the pool owner with the option of having ugly and costly repairs or having to remove the deck entirely. Most of the time then, the homeowner would have to redo the pool tile as well as the pool interior.

Artistic pavers are specially made to be used with both new pool deck or patio construction and as a deck remodel without having to rip off the existing concrete deck. They go down quickly without all the hassle and mess of ripping off the existing deck. The coping remodeler piece is applied right over the existing deck at the waters edge and the rest of the deck is covered with a combination of the 12″, 16″ or 24″ pavers. The pavers are a “floating” type deck which means you never have to worry about them cracking and when used in a remodel they cover up all the existing cracks, chipping and peeling of your existing deck mentioned earlier.

Artistic pavers are also a great option since they’re cool on the feet in the middle of the summer. Something we need to think about here in the East Valley of Arizona. They are specially made to require no maintenace, don’t need to be sealed and aren’t slippery. Since they are so dense they can be used with salt water pools. Ask anyone who has a flagstone deck or another natural stone type deck and a salt water pool and they’ll tell you what a nightmare they have on their hands.

Oh and one final note I should have mentioned earlier but I’m so excited about all the technical aspects of these paver. They create  BEAUTIFUL  pool decks and patios for anyone looking to create a newly designed professional landscape, or someone looking to do a complete landscape makeover and renovation.

You can view the product and image gallery by going to: Artistic Paver
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