This Japanese Garden was conceived by our designers after our client issued strict orders to create something beautiful without using anything organic. No live plants, no mulch, no soil; everything had to be inorganic because of concerns with potential moisture problems.

The 8,000 sq. foot Atrium was transformed into this serene, yet stark, dry river bed garden. To accomplish this we first removed all the existing materials. A river bed was dug and contours were created throughout the atrium. Once this was completed we laid down a barrier of black plastic mulch. Using wheel barrels we installed 30 tons of gravel, 3,700 rubber imitation black river rocks, a ton of border stones, 25 faux stepping stones and another ton of rubber faux mulch. A beautiful and simple wooden bridge was installed over the dry river bed before our crews completed the garden by carefully 'planting' eight large faux boulders.

Silk Bamboo palms, ground ferns and river grasses adds life to this stark garden. Atria was awarded 'Best Project' by a National publication for this design and received applause from both the property company and the tenants within the building.