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Water & Light
Sound, movement,
and the softening of stone.
Cascading waterfalls, koi ponds, and architectural basins
designed as the garden's gravitational center.
For over 35 years, Lavish Gardens Landscape has transformed outdoor spaces across Northern California โ one masterpiece at a time.
From Rocklin to El Dorado Hills, our licensed and insured team brings meticulous craftsmanship to every property. We understand the local climate, soil, and lifestyle โ so every garden thrives where you live.
Pillar ยท Water & Light
Engineered for
silence on the
equipment side.
Water is the element that makes a landscape feel inhabited. The right feature draws the eye, masks the freeway, and gives the garden a heartbeat.
We engineer water features as systems โ basins, biology, lighting, and sound โ so the result is effortless to live with and beautiful to listen to.
The art is hiding the work. We bury vaults, isolate pumps, oversize filtration, and tune flow rates so the only thing you hear is water on stone.
The Craft
Aquascape Pro systems
Industry-standard biological filtration and skimmer design.
Vault-housed equipment
Pumps and electrical isolated underground, accessible for service.
Acoustic tuning
Stone placement and flow rate balanced for the sound you want.
Specializations
The disciplines inside the discipline.
Falls & Streams
โWaterfalls & Streams
Naturalistic cascades and slow streams, hand-built boulder by boulder, tuned for sound and silver.
Water in motion
Designed for sound, movement, and stillness.
Materials & Spec
The short list we trust.
The Process
Four steps. One studio.
Site & sound study
Listening test on site; placement for view and acoustics.
Hydraulic design
Flow calculations, basin sizing, equipment vault layout.
Boulder & build
Stone hand-set; liner, plumbing, and biology installed.
Cycle & stock
Water cycled, plants and (optionally) fish introduced.
Considerations
Questions worth asking.
A properly engineered Aquascape system needs about 30 minutes a month plus an annual clean-out.
Yes โ most of our pondless waterfalls and architectural basins are fish-free by design.
Pair It With
The integrations that make a
project sing.
Design-build means every discipline is drawn at the same table. These are the natural pairings clients ask for next.
Landscape Lighting
Layered low-voltage and architectural LED systems that turn dusk into the property's most cinematic hour.
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Sculptural natives, decomposed granite paths, and water-smart sophistication โ the antithesis of gravel-and-yucca xeriscape.
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Providing water features & ponds from our Rocklin studio across Placer, Sacramento, and El Dorado Counties.
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Discuss your water features & ponds project with Michael & Susan Cole.
Michael & Susan Cole
Founders
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
Premier landscape design-build studio. Owned & led by Michael & Susan Cole. Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years.
Michael & Susan Cole
founders
Rocklin, CA ยท 35+ years
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