Home Builder Developer - Interior Renovation and Design

By Lynn Underwood

Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

When Erika Benson and Mike Peterson bought their 1920s Tudor home, the backyard was mostly an English-style garden filled with roses, dahlias and other flowers that required time-consuming care.

"They were beautiful -- but not for our lifestyle," says Benson.

The couple wanted an all-season landscape instead, with low-maintenance grasses, perennials, shrubs and evergreens. "We liked the soothing and calming feel of evergreens," says Benson, "and they have winter interest."

The couple also wanted to create a more attractive and welcoming backyard with seating and a grilling area. When they bought this Minneapolis home, the only space for sitting was a concrete slab right next to the house, one that absorbed heat and radiated a lot of it in summer.

A few months after moving in, the couple dug out the gardens and removed some messy crab-apple trees to create a blank slate. Then they called in landscape designer Daryl Melquist of the Minneapolis firm Landscaping by Bachman's.

Benson and Peterson had been considering a deck off the back door. But they realized a raised platform would give them less privacy.

Instead, Melquist designed a curvy 15- by 20-foot paver patio with two defined areas -- one for a dining table and chairs, the other for a sitting area or "coffee corner," splitting the functions with a walkway to the detached garage.

They mixed hand-cut cobblestone-style concrete pavers of different sizes and colors and used dark brown pavers to create a decorative border that accentuates the shape of the patio. "It creates a little more expense, because of the cutting time, but the look is well worth it," says landscape designer Daryl Melquist.

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. (Zodiac) has announced general availability of its new LED color landscape lights under the Jandy Pro Series WaterColors product line. In addition, it has also introduced ETL-certified Wet Area LED lights which may be installed within 10 feet of the pool or spa. With these lights and its recent acquisition of the assets of SAVI Pool and Spa Lighting, Zodiac is dedicated to creating an expansive line of innovative lighting options and solutions for pool owners, retailers and builders that are easy to install, energy-efficient and create a beautiful ambience.

Zodiac is the first pool products manufacturer to have systems of wet area lighting that may be installed this close to a swimming pool, without the need for the lights to be submerged, both in its Jandy Pro Series and SAVI lights. ETL listed to applicable UL electrical safety standards, the wet area lights are particularly useful in areas where the pool may be situated very close to a building, wall or other structure. The ETL certification is proof of product compliance with relevant North American safety (electrical, gas and other) standards. Authorities having jurisdiction across the US and Canada accept the ETL Listed Mark as proof of compliance with applicable product safety standards.

Jandy Pro Series LED lights are completely weatherproof and compatible with most 12 volt AC pool and landscape power transformers. Each light uses only seven watts, and up to 14 lights may be installed on a 100-watt transformer per the transformer manufacturers load limit guidelines. The landscape LED lights may be installed as close as 10 feet from the pool or spa and the wet area lights may be installed outside the tile line and within 10 feet of the pool or spa perimeter. These and all other Jandy Pro Series lights, can be controlled from any Aqualink automation system, giving pool owners anytime, anywhere smartphone control when combined with iAquaLink.

Lighting is an essential component of creating an enjoyable pool experience, said Amy Armstrong, product manager for Jandy Pro Series Lighting. With the expansion of our lighting product line, we are offering a complete backyard experience!

The low voltage, energy-efficient lights include nine vibrant colors, such as Alpine White, Caribbean Blue, Emerald Rose and more, as well as five light shows with fun titles like Fast Color Splash, America the Beautiful and Disco Tech. The new color landscape lights can color sync with the pool and spa when Jandy WaterColors lights are used.

To see the entire pool and landscape lighting product line and all features, see http://www.zodiacpoolsystems.com/Products/Lighting.

About Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.

Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Zodiac Pool Solutions, is a global leader in swimming pool and spa products and services. The companys comprehensive product lines are marketed under the leading brand names of Zodiac, Polaris, Jandy Pro Series, Nature2, and Cover-Pools. Zodiac is the leading provider of premium, innovative pool and spa products and is committed to designing and producing the most energy efficient, earth-friendly pool products and systems available. To learn more about Zodiac, visit http://www.zodiacpoolsystems.com or call 800-822-7933.

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