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Walk or splash into this natural pondlike pool,which is overflowing with features.
water wonderlandBY ALLISON ENRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER JAY GRAHAM FIELD EDITOR CARLA HOWARD
Garden, Deck & Landscape Summer 2003 31
The undulating shape of Greg and
Heidi Ingram’s pool was inspired
by the surrounding hills and
mimics a natural pond. Its shallow
beach entry has a sandlike finish
that gradually blends into the
pool. At its deepest point, the pool
reaches 10 feet.
32 Garden, Deck & Landscape Summer 2003
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to leave home on a sunny
afternoon if your backyard is designed with family
fun in mind. Greg and Heidi Ingram and their two
sons, Ryan, 9, and Conner, 6, turned a near-barren
and hilly yard in Northern California into a retreat
with plenty of cool activities to enjoy.
Finished entirely with a surface of smooth river
rock, this in-ground pool comes complete with
a beach entry inviting visitors (and the family
pooch) to wade right in. Its natural coloring and
curvy, pondlike shape are
enhanced by coping crafted from
softened Connecticut bluestone.
Large boulders, some as heavy as
13,000 pounds, also edge the pool.
The boys use the boulders as
launching pads for dive bombs.
“We wanted to have a nice big
piece of open space for the whole
family to enjoy,” Heidi says. “It’s
nice to create an environment that
the boys don’t want to leave.”
The large beach entry is perfect
for children. It offers 8 feet of
wading, reaching just 3 feet at
its deepest point before dropping off. Applied over
gunite, the Pebble Tech surface is colored to look
and feel like natural sand. It makes every visit to
the pool feel like a trip to the beach. The pool’s
There’s no need
LEFT: Greg and Heidi and
their sons, Ryan (left) and
Conner (right), enjoy their
outdoor space year-round.
BOTTOM LEFT: The natural
appearance of the beach
entry is enhanced by the
Connecticut bluestone used
for the pool’s coping. To
remove any hazardous
points around the pool, the
stone edges were softened
with a high-heat technique.
THIS PAGE: A permanent
umbrella provides plenty of
poolside shade. The
structure has an 18-inch-
thick cypress trunk and a
handwoven rush roof.
As the sun goes down, the lights come up around the hot tub and its steps, which are lined with fiber-optic lighting.
34 Garden, Deck & Landscape Summer 2003
LEFT: Child safety is always an
issue when there’s a swimming
pool, so Greg and Heidi’s home
is equipped with an alarm
system that sounds if their
children get too near the pool.
THIS PAGE: You’d never know
it, but a concrete bunker,
housing all of the pool’s
mechanics, sits just behind the
hot tub’s waterfall.
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Salty WatersA dip in a saltwater pool isn’t like swimming in the ocean, which comes repletewith salty skin and briny scents. A saltwater pool actually uses granular salt (thinktable salt minus the additives) as the basis for its chlorinating process, and it onlycontains 2,500 to 3,000 parts per million (ppm) of salt. (The ocean has 20,000ppm, and your eyes contain 9,000 ppm.) In fact, the salt can barely be tasted.
Installed between a pool filter or the heater and pool return, a saltwater systemnaturally creates chlorine to keep a pool clean. Chemical chlorine is still used inconjunction with the system to sanitize the water but in much smaller amounts.Natural chlorine controls pH levels and inhibits bacterial growth, but the harshcompounds and additives found in chemical chlorine—which cause itchy eyesand skin—are missing.
A saltwater system adds almost $1,000 to the price tag of a pool; however,salt costs less than traditional chemicals, so you usually make your money backin two to three years.
curvaceous shape disguises
another feature: a 57-foot lap lane
that runs down the pool’s center.
A stunning waterfall spills
from a rise behind the hot tub,
down the slope, and into the pool.
The Ingrams scoop handfuls of its
cool water into the hot tub when
the hot water gets too steamy. The
heated pool also boasts a salt-
water chlorinating process and an
unusual pop-up filtering system
that draws dirt and debris in the
water downward and into the
drains. With the filtering system,
the pool requires cleaning only
every three weeks.
Hidden in a buried 12×12-foot
concrete bunker, the pool equip-
ment and mechanics are unheard
and out of sight. Covering the bunker and edging
the pool are grasses and flowers selected by land-
scape designer Jan Gross to rustle and sway in the
breeze. Eight hundred feet of pathways lined
with fruit-bearing plants lead to the yard’s other
attractions, including a fire pit and orchard. “The
garden puts in a long day,” Greg says, “from when
we’re picking fresh raspberries for breakfast to
11 p.m. when we’re in the hot tub under the stars.
It’s really a getaway.” ❏
FOR RESOURCES, SEE PAGE 138.
POOL DESIGNERS: NICOLE EHRET AND STEVE LINGNAU
POOL BUILDER: JESS JANSSEN
STONE CONTRACTOR: PASCUAL CASTILLO
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER: JAN GROSS