Using large flagstone to create a sense of scale.
If you have been following along the last couple weeks, you have seen us stage 6 ton boulders and several other strategically placed landscape features in a fairly small area. Simply setting these features in tight spaces creates a challenge. However, it's not just about using large things to say we did. The use of such rocks and placement was highly intentional in the creation of scale in this backyard. Using these unique specimens to break the visual flow and create micro areas to give the area a purpose.
What about the walkways though? It wouldn't feel right having such massive specimen rocks placed along more manageable slabs of flagstone. The flagstone would stand out as visual noise and take away from the simplistic feel and scale of the area. So how do you make a transition from five foot tall rocks to gravel the size of marbles. You use large flagstone as the transitional element.
This week we continued along with our Lake Mohawk backyard, and brought to the space large irregular flagstone slabs. Placed strategically, these large slabs give a soft feel and a welcoming transition to the space. The video below walks you through how we create all this using muscle and special tools designed to make the job safer and more efficient.