Landscaping in Clinton Township, Michigan

At this residence in Clinton Township, Michigan we designed and installed stone and flagstone and plantings. The stone is Huron Highland and the paths are of flagstone. It is fall now, so the plantings are not as visible.

Flagstone Paths

 

Huron Highland Stone

   

Flagstone Path

 

 

 

 

Landscaping in Oxford, Michigan

We built this beachfront retaining wall in Oxford, Michigan using pre-cast concrete block called Versa-Lock. We also installed Unilock Sienna Stone steps leading down to the beach. Unilock Sienna Stone is a pre-cast concrete product. We then installed a brick paver patio using the customer’s existing bricks, and all of these measures increased the customer’s savings on the entire project.

Unilock Sienna Stone steps to beach

Steps leading down to the backyard beachfront.

Steps as they appear walking up.

Retaining Wall View toward the lake

Brick Paver Patio

Lakefront Retaining Wall

Bob’s Stone Work

We thought we’d share some recent photos of stone work Bob Porter, owner of Landscape Artisan, built when working for a prestigious landscaping company. The projects were designed by designers employed by the company.

  

 The stone work above was done at a job in Franklin, Michigan.

He then did the following stone work at a neighbor’s in Franklin.

The stone work below was completed on a house in Birmingham, Michigan. The home used to belong to Frederick Marshall — the famous Spirit of Detroit sculptor.

 

The photos below are of a residence also in Birmingham, Michigan:

 

 

 

Now for some photos of a job in Bloomfield Township:

  

Flagstone costs more than bricks

Flagstone patios cost more to install than brick pavers. Two significant variables factor into this cost difference.

First, flagstone is natural stone, not manufactured, and natural stone is quarried and mined. The flagstone material itself costs more than bricks.

Secondly, flagstone, for the most part, are larger pieces than brick and have different thicknesses, unlike brick’s uniformity. Each flagstone piece must be set individually, and the pieces must fit together much like a jigsaw puzzle. This increases the amount of time required to construct a flagstone patio or walk rather than using brick. More labor, more cost.

Brick pavers are uniform in thickness and size; you can set the base level off the bedding sand and start laying bricks fairly quick. Not so for flagstone.

The basic foundation for flagstone is the same as brick pavers – 5 to 6″ of compacted gravel base and bedding sand.

In my opinion, natural stone is more aesthetically pleasing.

I built this flagstone patio in 2007: