fgc newsletter winter 2010

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WATER FEATURES CAN ACCENTUATE YOUR GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE

Mark fockele designs Water-efficient garden at the governor’s mansion, p.2

our new huntsville location, p.4 | take an Online Tour, p.4

In this issue:Employee Spotlight, p.1 | Water features can accentuate your garden, p.1

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Employee spotlight

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othing touches the senses like water.

The element of water in a garden setting

contributes in as many ways as there are

styles of water features. Ponds, fountains,

streams or waterfalls can be incorporated

into any outdoor living space.

From the tranquil sounds of droplets falling

from the lip of a bowl . . . to the powerful

rush of water cascading through boulders .

. . to a still pool disturbed by a bird splash-

ing, the sounds of water are as lyrical as the

visual beauty is mesmerizing.

The Fockele Garden Company can design

and build a water feature that fits perfectly

into your physical surroundings; one thatexemplifies and defines the character

of the garden, and reflects the owner’s

personality.

Because our own experts handle the entire

project from start to finish, the process

N

Stephanie Gordon’s

job title at The

Fockele Garden

Company is drafts–

person but that is

just one job of several

she performs for

the company.

As a draftsperson, Stephanie translatesdesigners’ sketches and ideas into

technical drawings as well as presenta-

tion drawings for customers. Her hand

rendered drawings are a work of art

unto themselves.

Before joining The Fockele Garden

Company in 2007, Stephanie had a

career in graphic design. She has

brought many of these skills to The

Fockele Garden Company. She

develops brochures, photographs

and documents projects, as well ascontributing in many other ways

ranging from assisting at job sites

to tracking down permits.

Stephanie has been busy recently add-

ing to her credentials, having recently

completed the Georgia Certified

Landscape Professional program.

In addition, Gordon recently received

her associate’s degree in Environmental

Horticulture from Gwinnett Technical

College where she specialized in land-

scape design. She also has obtained aLevel 1A Certified Personnel designa-

tion from the Georgia Soil and Water

Conservation Commission.

Stephanie and her husband, Peter,

enjoy hiking and spending time with

their grandson.

Stephanie Gordon

Draftsperson

tua ur garden, p.1

Rock water features fit naturally into your garden.



is easy and seamless for you. A visit to

your site and an interview set the design

process in motion. “Formal, natural, quiet,

lively, prominent, or secluded” may allbe part of the conversation. Photos from

our portfolio show a variety of designs

and stimulate the imagination. (www.

fockelegardencompany.com/portfolio.

html). Sketches and renderings illustrate

the intentions. Beautiful, unique creations

are the result.

At The Fockele Garden Company, we

design, handcraft and install each water

feature. Careful construction, attention to

detail, and our 20 years of experience allow

you to enjoy the never-ending pleasure of having water in your outdoor living space.

So when you think of gardens and land-

scapes, think beyond plants and lawns and

consider water. It could be the missing

piece that truly completes your garden.

In future issues of our newsletters, we

will take a more detailed look at the

process of designing, building and

installing water features.

continued from page 1

Water Features

Fountains come in a variety of shapes and

material. | Ponds can be a distinctive addition.

Mark Fockele Designs Water-Efficient Garden at Governor’s Mansion

The Georgia Governor’s Mansion’s land-

scape has a new, water-efficient front gar-

den designed by Mark Fockele, president

of The Fockele Garden Company.

The design was part of an effort orga-

nized and sponsored by the Georgia

Green Industry Association.

Fockele was selected to provide the

design for the garden at the front of

the governor’s residence on West

Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta.

“We created this landscape garden

to demonstrate the fact that we could

have beautiful, lush gardens even

with very limited water,” Fockele said.

“It is all in the technique: Proper soil

preparation, drip irrigation, limited turf,

appropriate mulching, grouping plants

by water requirements, creating shade,

and most important of all, proper

plant selection.”

The GGIA had been looking for aproject where its members could

showcase the value and the benefits of

the industry’s management and irrigation

practices, and Gov. Sonny Perdue agreed

that the mansion was the perfect place

to present good landscape management

practices to the rest of the state.

“The Governor’s Mansion is now a

showplace for water conservation,”

Perdue said. “The garden will be a

lasting testament to the environmental

benefits and beauty that a properly

designed and efficient landscape can

bring to all Georgians.”

Fockele’s design includes a wide variety

of trees, shrubs, groundcovers, annuals and

perennials. Many of the plants are native

to Georgia. Fockele designed a garden

that blends with the scale of the residence

while using plants which, once established,

would need very little watering, if any.

“This is a living example for not onlycreating a beautiful landscape to

showcase Georgia-grown products,

but doing so while using minimal water

resources,” GGIA Executive Director

Sherry Loudermilk said.

Mark Fockele, left, discusses the water-efficient garden

design that was installed at the Governor’s Mansion

with Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue.

GEORGIA GREEN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PROJECT GIVES RESIDENCE A NEW LOOK



Garden or Landscape: What is your style?

Above: A garden can be naturalistic and lush.

Gardens offer more variety and change over

time. | Below: Here is an example of a more

structured garden.

The terms garden and landscape are often

used interchangeably, but they are not

exactly synonymous. There are subtle dif-

ferences.

Gardens reflect the personality of the

owner and the property. Generally, they

have more plant varieties, more subtledetails and more emphasis on the natural

cycles of seasonal change (for example,

flowers, foliage, texture). Maintenance of

a garden generally relies more on finesse

than power. The word “garden” may

more often be associated with residential

properties.

“Landscape” is frequently used to de-

scribe commercial properties and implies

the function and utility associated with a

business. Whether located in a commer-

cial or residential setting, landscapes aregenerally designed for efficient mainte-

nance and to provide a consistent and

uniform appearance.

The Fockele Garden Company has

developed the ability to fuse gardens and

landscapes. Incorporating garden compo-

nents into a functional landscape allows

customers a much wider range of choice

when considering improvements, renova-

tions, or complete installations.

A garden can be dynamic and excitingor more subtle and detailed. A garden

might be a small corner of a back yard,

or encompass the entire front and back

yard. A garden can be either formal or

informal, depending on the architecture,

the setting and the customer’s style.

“There is no right or

wrong,” according to

The Fockele Garden

Company Vice Presi-

dent Julie Evans. “One

situation may call for

a naturalistic garden,and then there are

many times a more

structured look works

best. Garden details

involving stone, plants

and water, are mostly

based on how the

area will be used or

from where it will be

viewed.”

Our goal when

designing a

residential garden

of any size is to

incorporate ap-

propriate gardenelements that

consider architec-

ture, setting, style,

maintenance, and

personality.

“Garden and

landscape design

is not a one-size-

fits-all proposi-

tion,” Evans

says. “Each is as

different as anindividual per-

son.” The Fockele

Garden Company

has the expertise to

meet your expecta-

tions for an interest-

ing, beautiful, and

successful garden,

as individual as your

own personality.”

For more examples of

garden and landscapedesigns, please visit

the portfolio section of our website,

http://www.fockelegardencompany.com/

portfolio.html.



P.O. Box 671 | Gainesville, GA 30503 | p: 770.532.7117 | f: 770.532.7245 | www.FockeleGardenCompany.com

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Owners : Mark Fockele and Julie Evans

Year Founded : 1989 | Employees : 40

Business Breakdown : 60% design/build, 40% maintenance

Customer Breakdown : Mix of residential and commercial

Take an online tour of our work @ fockelegardencompany.com/portfolio.html

The Fockele Garden Company Opens Huntsville, Ala. locationThe Fockele Garden Company recentlyexpanded its service in Huntsville, Ala. to

better serve its clients in the area.

Previously, the company performed landscape

installation and maintenance services in theHuntsville area from its Gainesville, Ga. office.

“The opening of this branch commits us

to servicing the Huntsville area formany years to come and we are excited

to be a contributing part of the Huntsvillebusiness community,” says Todd Brown,

The Fockele Garden Company generalmanager.

For service information in the Huntsville area,call 256.529.5315.

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