Swimming Pools | Landscape Design Group, Inc. (Ldg)

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I think you’ll agree, the swimming pool is the best-known backyard American dream. It becomes the center of your own personal backyard resort, a place for you and your family to while away delightful summer afternoons.

They are, however, a major capital investment in your home, requiring substantial site work and infrastructure. How pools are located and incorporated into your property requires diligent planning.

In addition to compliance with code requirements ranging from fencing to stormwater management, for the money you will be spending you will want the greatest return on your investment with a pool that not only looks fabulous, but is easy to use and maintain through the years.

The best way to assure this is to make sure the pool is suited to your backyard. For example, if you have a sloping, wooded backyard a natural, informally shaped pool will be cheaper to build because that style will require less level grading and tree removal.

Furthermore, it will simply look more at home in its setting, possibly requiring less landscaping. A formal pool in the same spot requires greater skill in location and may incur greater installation costs from the extra grading required to make the formal elements look comfortable on its sloped site.

This portfolio represents only a small fraction of pools we’ve done. We will work with your wish list and pool builder to design and install a pool area that fits your yard as effortlessly as the pools you are about to see.

	This elegant, octagonal spa and pool grace a hillside backyard. The dark pool colors give an Asian character to the setting.
	Beverly Hills comes to Bucks County with this formal pool, set on axis with the house.
	The joy of simple symmetry: a pool on axis with its spa, firepit and cabana.
	The strong curves of this pool contrast with the formal architecture of the poolhouse.
	The formality of the gardens behind the house is echoed in the pool and spa beyond, unifying the entire composition as an elegant whole.
	Water jets add a movie star quality to this formal pool.
	Curvilinear pools need not always be informal; this formal shape makes for a unique statement.
	Here is free-form design at its best; a sensuously curving pool, stone walls and playful waterslide. All add up to create an atmosphere for rest and relaxation.
	Generous use of summer-flowering shrubs and perennials brings to life this classic rectangular pool design.
	Instead of a pool, this homeowner wanted a large spa. Its irregular shape suits the contemporary architecture well.
	This naturally shaped pool sits effortlessly in its woodland setting.
	A waterfall sits amid lush seasonal plantings, not only pleasing to the eye but to the ear as well.
	Bold, simple plant masses go best with rectilinear pools.
	Required fencing is played down to give this pool a wide-open feel.
	The house overlooks this contemporary pool like a castle.
	An open, airy pergola defines and shelters this poolside scene.