June Monthy Contest

[cgland]

Ok.... Here it is guys. Our June monthly contest will be for the "Best natural stone dry stack element." The details are as follows:

Entries

1. One submission per entrant
2. Each entrant has to submit a minimum of two pics. The two required pics will be one of the project showing the overall scope and the other a close up of the feature(must be close enough to judge quality.) A third pic that you feel best showcases your project may be submitted as well. No more than three pics should be submitted. Please include a brief description of the project and the materials used.
3. The pics must be of work that was performed by the entrant, or their company.
4. All entries must be posted by midnight EST on 6/23/08.
5. The winner will be announced the first week of July 08.
6. The top 10 entries as chosen by ProHardscaper.com will be eligible for judging.

Voting/Judging

1. Voting will take place between 6/23 & 6/30. All votes must be posted by midnight on the last day.
2. A poll will be set up in this forum to record the votes
3. Projects should be judged on the following critera: Creativity, Difficulty of project and Quality of cuts. Emphasis should be placed on the overall qualilty of the project.
4. Voting is limited to one vote per member
5. All voters must be registered members of ProHardscaper.com

Prizes

$50.00 cash and a Prohardscaper.com T-shirt.

Good luck to everybody. Let's see some grills and may the best hardscaper win!!!!!

NOTE: Due to popular demand, we request that this thread be for picture entries ONLY! Any commenting or idle chit chat WILL be deleted.
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[cgland]

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[Meanix]

We also did a small planter in the back yard. The stone was probably not the best choice because they were not the flatest. This pic was taken in the early spring none of the plants are up yet.

[bigvictu]

Here's two gardens we did on either side of a paver driveway.

[SCgreenscapes]

Here is some Stacked Stone Bed edging that we did.

[GreenMonster]

We don't do a lot of natural, but we're working on that. We hired a stone mason who would make this job look like poopy.

the stone is New England Fieldstone round, which is basically any friggin rock that is picked out of the ground. very difficult to work with. We also brought in a small amount -- mostly the larger boulders, and the flat stuff that is the bench back.

I will state now that the granite tread (seat) was mortared.

[yardmanlee]

one we did a while back

[chesie]

Do the jobs need to be techincally "dry stacked" or can they be masonry that has a drystack look( as in little to no mortar showing)?

[cgland]

they need to be dry stack. Next contest will be masonry.

[ClearValley]

Can Enter the walls of the people suing me????

[cgland]

Sure can! Throw it up there

[ClearValley]

Can I submit these....did the walls a while back.

[scaper27]

here are a few and we did do the big boulder one ourselves

[cgland]

Hey guys, I need you to limit your entries to one. All the work looks great, but you need to choose one entry for the contest. Thanks.

[scaper27]

sorry about that. I just threw them up and never really read the rules, just saw the other pics.If you can delete the first big boulder pic. the last three pics are the same job, just front and back yards. thanks

[ClearValley]

Sorry, didn't read the rules. Keep the red stone and not the gray...Sorry

[ClearValley]

ps Scaper27 NICE work !!!

[cgland]

Congratulations Clear Valley on being voted best natural stone feature. On a lesser note, I am a little disappointed at the voting turn out. We have these contests as a way to get the membership involved and to show off their work and possible win a couple of bucks, but if the number of participants does not increase, we will be forced to do away with the contests or at a minimum limit them to several times per year....you guys decide.

[mckeeland]

i personal didn't see the voting in new posts or i would have voted.

[scaper27]

actually same thing here. I mean I didn't even vote for myself. i appreciate who voted for me

[GreenMonster]

ah, yeah, didn't see it here either.

[ClearValley]

Wow this is like a New Jersey election alot of candidates and nobody votes LOL

[sancraig]

Never showed up as new to me or I would've voted.

[ClearValley]

Ever feel stupid for winning?

[ClearValley]

Why not just have a re-vote to make it fair??

[mpickel]

Seems like people are more willing to give there $.02 then submit pics...

[cgland]

you guys know there is a contest, keep checking. I was actually impressed by the number of entrants. They were all quality jobs as well, but to only have 5 votes (one of them being me) is pretty pathetic.

[Lawn Enforcement]

May be a silly question but how do you vote on here?

[mckeeland]

Chris, maybe we need a celebrity spokes person to encourage us all to get out and vote. I recommend Jessica Biel. :thumb:

[MuirView Design]

Chris, maybe we need a celebrity spokes person to encourage us all to get out and vote. I recommend Jessica Biel. :thumb:

I 2nd that motion. Do we have any extra small, slightly damp t-shirts to give her?

[yardmanlee]

I didnt even think about votin, I thought everyone else was suppose to vote ? nice work everyone !!!
congrates Clear Valley !!!

[bigvictu]

Next time we should probably mention to vote in one of the ongoing threads that is being talked in frequently(I nominate any of mrusks threads!) Otherwise I'm gonna get everybody in my family to sign up and start raking in the t-shirts:dance: