she says. “The client on this project was someone who sought to be a responsible consumer and aims to make sustainable choices whenever possible. We salvaged a pile of old concrete from a recent driveway removal and installed it in a new way with polymeric sand in the joints for a unique patio vibe that suited this family and reflected their values in the landscape.”


Onesto also recalls a project in which a unique material choice lent itself to fitting the unique objectives. This project, “The Secret Garden,” was an area on the client’s property where she had a writing cottage. She wanted a rustic pathway leading to the cottage that would look like it had been there a hundred years. “I definitely had to think outside of


the box on this one,” Onesto recalls. “It was 2019 but I had to think about how I could bring in materials that looked like they were from 1919. I designed a brick walkway and then started deleting sections of the brick, creating these voids in the pathway that we filled with pea gravel. It starts out as a nice landing with the bricks all connected, but as you fol- low the path, the bricks appear as though they break away. We also have strategic plantings on either side. It looks incredi- bly rustic for being new construction.” Like Goldman’s project, Onesto says this utilized recycled materials. “We had the bricks from an old retaining wall we had taken apart on a different project,” he explains. “They were perfect for this project. Had we used brand-new bricks, it just would not have fit. Instead, these bricks had some natural cracking and chipping — which was just what my client wanted in this case. Something that evoked a feeling of being old and rustic as though it had been there all this time.”


In general, site conditions can certainly dictate which materials might work best. Shaffer has a preference to using natural stone, which inherently lends itself to originality. In the Bozeman, Montana area, natural stone just looks like it belongs. “With natural stone, every piece is one-of-a-kind,” he says. “It’s also a timeless material that will never go out of style. When we use a regional stone, it helps the design to fit into the natural landscape, which is always our goal. We want the natural surroundings to blend seamlessly with what we design.”


INSPIRED TO BE DIFFERENT While it can be the path of least


resistance to build the same types of hardscaping projects over and over — particularly if they’ve been successful — going against the flow with highly creative thinking can help raise the bar for landscape design.


Rossen says that he continues to evolve creatively and push the enve- lope with his natural stonescapes as a result of trying to emulate two of his mentors and friends, Barry Schneider and Steve Coffey — both of whom have inspired him to create one-of-a- kind pieces of living art — the kind of


projects you’ll never see somewhere else again. At the end of the day, Rossen says it comes down to making people happy — and that’s where so much of his creative drive comes from.


“My job is to create environments that make people happy,” he says. “To do that, we need to create something truly unique — that becomes entirely their own. Our clients hire us for that creativity and because they know when we’re finished with their project, it will be unlike any other out there.” TLP


Jeff Rossen will fly to Tennessee to hand select boulders and stones for


projects. Photo: Rossen Lansdcape


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