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The Larch Falls were created from existing ledge that had been exposed by scraping off the top soil. At the top of the hill a pond, filled by a source pool even further up inside a forested part of the garden, overflows at approximately 400 gallons per minute. The water runs downhill through sloghs that were hammered out of the existing ledge or fitted with rocks to direct the flow. Another flow of about 200 gallons per minute joins the stream about half way down. At the bottom are a series of falls that create a beautiful vignette from a viewing area at the opposite shore.

The upper pool had been blasted out of the ledge and the ensuing fractures made it necessary to add a rebar cage and gunite (pool) surface so it would hold the water. The biggest adversity to this project was the mud. Working in the pond bottom during the thaws was an excercise in the absurd. Mud was knee deep and the equipment and activity just made it worse. large board mats were employed to make it somewhat workable. Follow that up with freezing weather and snow...it was a challenge. As were most of the projects in the garden. Kudos to my crew, especially Carlos who spent nearly two weeks straight behind a hydraulic hammer on a mini excavator, breaking the ledge back to fit one large rock. Other rocks were cut to fit at the proper elevation, several photos of that process in the gallery.

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