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Photo:  Steve Gunther 
Cool off in your backyard

2. Weeping wall

In a small patio garden, water is pumped through copper pipes in a wall and discharged from a perforated pipe at the top. It then spills down the wall’s Idaho quartzite facing.

Fountain design: George Chest, Malibu, CA (310/457-2149)
Landscape design: Stephanie Wilson Blanc, Pacific Palisades, CA (310/459-3131)

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