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Designscapes, Inc.

Award-Winning Landscape Design in Michigan

Pavements, Patios, and Walls in Landscape Design

Entrance walls and paver driveway coordinate with house color scheme

Pavements and walls add appealing structure and function to the landscape. From rustic stone steppers to sophisticated paver designs, there is a suitable look for every patio, walk, or driveway. Retaining walls enable sloped properties to be better utilized, and walls add a distinctive character to any site, garden, backyard, or lakeside property.

Stone steps and retaining walls provide naturalistic setting for cottage slope to lake

Links to Galleries Below:  Natural Stone     Walls & Steps     Decorative Pavements     Pavers     Snow-Melt Pavements

Landscape Designs With Natural Stone  (Click on photos to enlarge)

Flagstone walk adjacent to pond in wooded property Bluestone walk with moss in joints Fiber optic lighting of stone steps and walls Residential landscape design
Flagstone walk adjacent to pond Bluestone walk with moss Stone steps w/ fiber optic lighting Walls create a path to the backyard
Stone steps

Flagstone path

Sunken patio with pavers, retaining walls, and planters

Flagstone path

Bluestone walk planted with moss, under a grape arbor
Stone steps Stepper path               Boulder wall         Natural stone patio Flagstone walk Bluestone walk

Walls and Steps

Landscape architecture coordinated with house's style Rosetta retaining wall adds a rustic look to a park bridge abutment retaining walls to match accent paver color Retaining walls accent planting beds
Matching walls frame the front door Rustic retaining wall units Retaining walls match paver color Walls to formalize a front entrance
permeable pavers with steps and rope lighting

Cutured stone walls and acid-stained concrete pavement at Schaefer and Bierlein Platz in Frankenmuth

Fiber optic lights built into the planter wall for night lighting Paver steps with LED rope lights for subtle but secure lighting
Entry steps Paver steps and cheek walls

Cultured stone retaining walls

Planter wall with fiber optic lights

Paver steps - LED rope lights

Decorative Pavements

Patterned concrete walk and steps Stamped colored concrete used for steps and patio Entrance court of pavers designed to match front door detailing Concrete driveway with paver accents in two colors

Walks, steps, and patios of stamped stained concrete. 
Above 2 installations by Maday Construction

Award-winning pavement design

Pavers set into concrete driveway

Paver accent bands in concrete walk and meditation area at Frankenmuth United Methodist Church

Paver bands enhance a concrete driveway

Paver bands in the concrete walk

Pavement designed as a focal point

Acid-stained concrete display

Pavers

Paver patios and steps for back yard entertaining Intimate paver patio off master bedroom, seen from above Back yard entertainment patio with inlaid paver design   Walk layout and specifications
Paver patios and steps Bedroom patio seen from above Backyard paver patio   Walkway to lakefront patio
Permeable interlocking paver walk for water infiltration   pavers and wall units next to koi pond Paver patio  and steps

Permeable paver walk

 

Dining patio with pergola

Pavers next to koi pond

Paver patios and steps top a bluff

Heated (Snow-melt) Walks and Driveways

Snowmelt tubing for concrete driveway under construction

concrete driveway with paver bands and snow-melt system

Paver entrance walk with snowmelt system snow-melted paver driveway
Snow-melt tubing for driveway Completed driveway Paver walk w/snow-melt Paver drive w/snow-melt

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About   Backyards for Entertaining   Selected Projects   Landscapes   Custom Landscape Features
Getting Started   Selected Projects   Parks & Zoos   Waterfalls, Ponds, Fountains   Pavements & Walls
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Award Winners       Waste Water Management   Annual Flower Displays  
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Designscapes, Inc.
Landscape Architecture &
Project Management
140 W. Tuscola St., Suite E
Frankenmuth, MI 48734

210 Golfview Drive
Saginaw, MI 48638
phone 989-652-4981  
fax 989-652-4982
dscapes@dscapes.com