Photo Down te Earth Landscapes

THE antique faucet was the inspiration for this cus-
tom-designed water feature — part of an award-win-
ning renovation for Down to Earth Landscapes.

Landscaping wi

Deatia Lercaster

News Reporter
deana@nsnews.com

FOR Marcyn Ward and
Peter Schradi, getting
to a comfortable place
in life doesn’t mean it’s
time to relax.

The North Vancouver resi
dents. who own Down te
Barth Landscapes, have
worked hard to be able to do
what they like best design
and install high-end) custom
projects, and) renevate and
maintain older, established gar-
dens.

But tt wasn't
thar, “When we started in
1984 the cconomy Mas ina
stump says Sehradi "We
took everything 7

“Wo were determined, and
we stuck it out add. Ward.
“We had to remind ourselves ‘1
wantte live my lite doing work
Tlave’”

Fifteen vears of experience
have taught them thew crait.
Ward is now a certitied land:
scape inspector and has taught
at Kwanthen College.

Within the company Waed
does the design work and pro-
ject management while Sciradi
handles the administrative and
technival responsibilities

Most of the landscapes they
work on are it Southwest
Vancouver and in West) Van,
akthough they recently thew

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scape around) the summer
home of a chent. They alse
tackled a project ins nerthern
Ontane with a whole new set
of challenges. tieludin
untamiliar climate and finding
New sources for the materials
thes needed.

And carer this month, the
partners were able te) add
another award) of execllenee
fram the BC Landscape and
Nursery Associanon to the col
lection already growing on
their wall.

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garden. sitter feature and
whimstest playhouse are sted
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which was tua finished to
look aged ustng special finish
ing techniques and piginents,

The water feature was
designed around ano antique
faucet found) ay Paris. From
there, Ward added peo shell
shaped antique bowls a
designed a pool at the bottom
for the water to flow inte,

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to verbalize, but we try te give
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