The View From Our Window
The park is designed to show in a dramatic fashion to the roundabout traffic that slows in front of the gate.
We deliberately layered the elements of the park so they are revealed as you walk through.
The windmill drop sign looks right at home with the 'dry' foliage and the skull planted below.
The bicycle rental sign is mirrored by the ferris wheel that stands tall behind it.
Now we are busy getting ready for the next big project that starts next week. Stay tuned...
-grampa dan
For the first time since we moved to Yarrow more than a decade ago the front area around our sign is finished. Through the years as our various signs have been shuffled around and the grades adjusted because of the house construction meaning the landscaping around the sign has always been temporary. Each time we finished our work I threw down some grass seed but the weeds always were dominant. Moving the area regularly made it look passible but I always knew we would eventually plant a nice manicured lawn with some proper landscaping. Like everything in life it simply had to wait until the time was right.
Today at last the last of the turf was laid around our sign and in the area between it and the house. There is still some work to do on the other side of the driveway and on the east side of the front yard but the sign at last looks great with the fresh green.
Tomorrow Becke will source the last of the flowers and shrubs for the flower bed behind the sign. I can hardly wait to see it done.
-grampa dan
Here's a few more pictures of the completed Cultus Lake Adventure Park. We visited briefly today and it continues to be busy with lots of smiling faces.
One of our many challenges in designing the park was to integrate it into the existing Giggle Ridge Adventure Golf. It works very well and guests (especially young ones) who pay golf can't wait to go to the new park when they are done and sample some of the rides they can clearly see while they play golf.
The plantings sure dress up the work we did and make the park a very enjoyable and relaxing place.
The Wilderness Adventure area is a whole world, separated from the park by elevation as it is set into a wonderful valley. I take my pictures when the park is not yet open but usually this area is bustling with lots of very active and happy kids.
This is one of my favorite views in the park, taken from a tunnel looking South towards the Trading Post.
And here's a shot taken from the opposite side looking North.
This is the park at rest, with most of the shots taken before the park opens. It's fun to relax and walk through when all is quiet and still. I can't ever walk through without a grin on my face. This next photo sums things up nicely.
-grampa dan
Custom Design & Construction
