After three years renovating their home, Joy & Hans Enderle turned their attention to the gardens.  In 2007, they added a retaining wall and fill dirt to create a level patio on the steep slope of the back yard.  Then, what was intended to be a raised flower bed became an L-shaped koi pond with a basalt obelisk fountain.  To manage runoff, Joy and Hans decided to create a dry creek bed swale with boulders and river stone on the southern edge of the property.  Plantings reflect Joy’s love of Japanese gardens: conifers and Japanese Maples, bamboo in a planter and as a screen beside the pond, as well as azaleas and rhododendrons.  “My garden is still a work in progress,” Joy says, “and becomes more beautiful each year.”