Outdoor Stonework

Stone Patios & Fire Pits

Stone Walls & Pillars

Stone Water Channels

Stone Water Channels

Stone runoff drain, white

Stone runoff drains:

These may look like ancient Hopi kivas, but they're actually stone drains for channeling stormwater runoff built by Ambrose Landscapes foreman and master stone craftsman Rafael Moreno.
Stone runoff drain, brown

Dry stream:

A key element in controlling stormwater runoff, a so-called dry stream — such as this one we installed as part of a rain garden at the Ambassador Condos — captures and holds the water long enough for it to absorb into the ground. It can also be a very attractive landscaping element!
Dry stream
Stone waterfall drain

Stone waterfall drain

Stone waterfall drain with stone wall
Stone waterfall drain, another view
Waterfall, bench, rain gardenWaterfall detail

Waterfall, bench, & dry stream:

We installed this stonework at a home in south Asheville to solve a serious stormwater-runoff problem. As you can tell from the photo at left, the length of the roadway tips sheets of rainwater onto the property. In order to make the best of this, we channeled the runoff along a stone waterfall onto the land to fight the droughts, while steering it around the transformer and into the dry stream running through a rain garden (far left; photo at far lower right). It still had to look nice up close — as the plantings grow, the stone bench (photos at top right, far upper right) gets more private each year.
Stone bench recently Dry stream in garden
Waterfall grown in

Erosion control:

A stone-lined dry stream at this South Asheville manufacturing facility looks attractive and prevents what could have become a severe erosion problem. ("Before" at right, "after" above and below.)
Front view
Dirt lot Drain and ditch
View of completed erosion control Drain and ditch lined with river stones