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London natural thin stone veneer from the Quarry Mill creates a stunning focal point fireplace under this covered outdoor patio. London is one of our more popular natural thin stone veneers with its undeniable rustic beauty. The thin stone is cut from natural hand-picked fieldstone. After the fieldstone is collected from centuries-old fence lines, it is squared up with the hydraulic presses. This process of chopping the naturally irregular fieldstone into the more formal squares and rectangles adds another element of visual appeal. London has heavy variations in the colors but primarily consists of a blend of earth tones. This color variation comes from the individual pieces of stone and where they were located within the pile on the fence line.

This stunning outdoor kitchen and wood-burning fireplace are made with London real thin stone veneer from the Quarry Mill. London is one of our more popular natural thin stone veneers with its undeniable rustic beauty. The thin stone is cut from natural hand-picked fieldstone. After the fieldstone is collected from centuries-old fence lines, it is squared up with the hydraulic presses. This process of chopping the naturally irregular fieldstone into the more formal squares and rectangles adds another element of visual appeal. London has heavy variations in the colors but primarily consists of a blend of earth tones. This color variation comes from the individual pieces of stone and where they were located within the pile on the fence line.

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Our client had not done anything with their landscaping for many years. Tin the front of their house they had a few tired berberris (barberry) shrubs in the front, creeping blue junipers, some large evergreens, and lots of empty spaces. They liked reds, greens, yellows, and blues (the junipers). We removed the berberris and other shrubs that had to go, but kept the larger evergreens and blue junipers. We installed plants approved by our client: Nandina domestica, red twig dogwoods (a Native plant), and Acorus Oborozuki. All plants are evergreen which they wanted. In the process, we re-shaped the beds a little and seeded an area that we returned to lawn. In the back of the house, the client had a beautiful deck with a lovely view. However, the area around the deck was totally bare. They wanted colorful perennials that were low maintenance. Since they do not spend time on the deck in the winter, we concentrated on plants in their color palette that flower in late spring, summer, and early fall. The plants will grow together to minimize weeds and maintenance. The shade perennials we planted are: Tricyrtis Samurai (Toad Lily), Ghost Fern, Male Fern (Native), Japanese Holly Fern, Autumn Fern, Astilbe Peach Blossom Dicentra, Ivory Hearts, Geranium Rozanne, Anemone Honorine Jobert

The Quarry Mill's Preston real thin stone veneer creates a beautiful interior fireplace in this residential home. Preston is an earth tone natural fieldstone thin veneer. The stone starts as a fieldstone that is hand-picked along the fence lines of centuries-old farms. The stones are exposed to the elements and weathered from sitting on the fence line for years. The amount of weathering varies depending on if the piece was constantly exposed to direct sunlight or was shaded at the bottom of the pile as well as the amount of moisture present. This gives each individual piece varying degrees of beautiful earth tones. The raw irregular pieces are hand-picked and split with a hydraulic press into strips. Preston is intended to be installed linearly in the ledgestone style.​

The Quarry Mill's London real thin stone veneer adds a cozy feel to this outdoor fireplace, covered patio, and pool area. London is one of our more popular natural thin stone veneers with its undeniable rustic beauty. The thin stone is cut from natural hand-picked fieldstone. After the fieldstone is collected from centuries-old fence lines, it is squared up with the hydraulic presses. This process of chopping the naturally irregular fieldstone into the more formal squares and rectangles adds another element of visual appeal. London has heavy variations in the colors but primarily consists of a blend of earth tones. This color variation comes from the individual pieces of stone and where they were located within the pile on the fence line.

The Quarry Mill's Preston real thin stone veneer creates a beautiful exterior on this building. Preston is an earth tone natural fieldstone thin veneer. The stone starts as a fieldstone that is hand-picked along the fence lines of centuries-old farms. The stones are exposed to the elements and weathered from sitting on the fence line for years. The amount of weathering varies depending on if the piece was constantly exposed to direct sunlight or was shaded at the bottom of the pile as well as the amount of moisture present. This gives each individual piece varying degrees of beautiful earth tones. The raw irregular pieces are hand-picked and split with a hydraulic press into strips. Preston is intended to be installed linearly in the ledgestone style.​

Preston real thin stone veneer creates a beautiful uniform pattern on the exterior of this stunning ranch home. Preston is an earth tone natural fieldstone thin veneer. The stone starts as a fieldstone that is hand-picked along the fence lines of centuries-old farms. The stones are exposed to the elements and weathered from sitting on the fence line for years. The amount of weathering varies depending on if the piece was constantly exposed to direct sunlight or was shaded at the bottom of the pile as well as the amount of moisture present. This gives each individual piece varying degrees of beautiful earth tones. The raw irregular pieces are hand-picked and split with a hydraulic press into strips. Preston is intended to be installed linearly in the ledgestone style.​

The Quarry Mill's Preston real thin stone veneer creates an exciting and stunning exterior wainscoting on the front of this beautiful ranch home. Preston is an earth tone natural fieldstone thin veneer. The stone starts as a fieldstone that is hand-picked along the fence lines of centuries-old farms. The stones are exposed to the elements and weathered from sitting on the fence line for years. The amount of weathering varies depending on if the piece was constantly exposed to direct sunlight or was shaded at the bottom of the pile as well as the amount of moisture present. This gives each individual piece varying degrees of beautiful earth tones. The raw irregular pieces are hand-picked and split with a hydraulic press into strips. Preston is intended to be installed linearly in the ledgestone style.​

The Sedgwick County Zoo’s Reed Family Elephants of the Zambezi River Valley exhibit opened to the public on May 26 2016. This is one of the newest, most advanced and the third largest elephant exhibit in North America at over 5 acres with the largest swimming hole at 550,000 gallons. The project will be used as an example of the correct way to design and build an Elephant exhibit for years to come. Safari Thatch provided all the thatching for the main pavilion and the other out buildings. We also provided all the materials for the pedestrian fencing, trellises and shade structures. It was an honor to work with the zoo on this project. The Camp Zambezi main pavilion was one of the largest single structures we have thatched, at over 6000 sq ft, with our synthetic Viro Bali Class A Fire Rated Thatching at the time. The zoo went with this thatch for its look, cost, longevity, ease of application, and warranty. Safari Thatch also provided all the pedestrian fencing lining the walkways though out the exhibit. For this we used our Rustic Eucalyptus 4’ tall prefabricated fence panels with 6” Eucalyptus posts and 4” rails. This produces an almost indestructible fence with many years of use. Our original design with the varied heights of the upright pickets keeps patrons from placing anything on top of the fencing thus reducing the chance of people or property from falling inside exhibits protecting both the customers and the animals. We also used a post and rail fence to separate the people and landscaping. This was a 4” post and 3” rail Eucalyptus fence. We used Eucalyptus poles for all the structural pole construction on all the out building in the exhibit. Eucalyptus is the fastest and straightest growing tree. They are all plantation grown and forest certified. We prefer these for pole style construction due to their strength over other wood poles and lack of taper, with less than an inch over 20 feet, removing extra weight that would be found in other poles. This is a beautiful and very large and state of the art exhibit and is a feather in the cape of the Sedgwick County Zoo. The people of Wichita and the surrounding area have adopted and taken great interest in the newly arrived Elephants involving the entire community. The Elephants of the Zambezi River Valley has been a major attraction since it opened and should be on anyone must see list. Safari Thatch is proud to have been involved in this project.

The Quarry Mill's Preston real thin stone veneer creates a beautiful natural wainscoting on the exterior of this ranch home. Preston is an earth tone natural fieldstone thin veneer. The stone starts as a fieldstone that is hand-picked along the fence lines of centuries-old farms. The stones are exposed to the elements and weathered from sitting on the fence line for years. The amount of weathering varies depending on if the piece was constantly exposed to direct sunlight or was shaded at the bottom of the pile as well as the amount of moisture present. This gives each individual piece varying degrees of beautiful earth tones. The raw irregular pieces are hand-picked and split with a hydraulic press into strips. Preston is intended to be installed linearly in the ledgestone style.​

The Quarry Mill's Preston real thin stone veneer creates stunning wainscoting that complements the green vinyl siding of this residential home. Preston is an earth tone natural fieldstone thin veneer. The stone starts as a fieldstone that is hand-picked along the fence lines of centuries-old farms. The stones are exposed to the elements and weathered from sitting on the fence line for years. The amount of weathering varies depending on if the piece was constantly exposed to direct sunlight or was shaded at the bottom of the pile as well as the amount of moisture present. This gives each individual piece varying degrees of beautiful earth tones. The raw irregular pieces are hand-picked and split with a hydraulic press into strips. Preston is intended to be installed linearly in the ledgestone style.​

Our client had not done anything with their landscaping for many years. Tin the front of their house they had a few tired berberris (barberry) shrubs in the front, creeping blue junipers, some large evergreens, and lots of empty spaces. They liked reds, greens, yellows, and blues (the junipers). We removed the berberris and other shrubs that had to go, but kept the larger evergreens and blue junipers. We installed plants approved by our client: Nandina domestica, red twig dogwoods (a Native plant), and Acorus Oborozuki. All plants are evergreen which they wanted. In the process, we re-shaped the beds a little and seeded an area that we returned to lawn. In the back of the house, the client had a beautiful deck with a lovely view. However, the area around the deck was totally bare. They wanted colorful perennials that were low maintenance. Since they do not spend time on the deck in the winter, we concentrated on plants in their color palette that flower in late spring, summer, and early fall. The plants will grow together to minimize weeds and maintenance. The shade perennials we planted are: Tricyrtis Samurai (Toad Lily), Ghost Fern, Male Fern (Native), Japanese Holly Fern, Autumn Fern, Astilbe Peach Blossom Dicentra, Ivory Hearts, Geranium Rozanne, Anemone Honorine Jobert

Preston natural thin stone veneer adds depth and character to the front of this stunning ranch home. Preston is an earth tone natural fieldstone thin veneer. The stone starts as a fieldstone that is hand-picked along the fence lines of centuries-old farms. The stones are exposed to the elements and weathered from sitting on the fence line for years. The amount of weathering varies depending on if the piece was constantly exposed to direct sunlight or was shaded at the bottom of the pile as well as the amount of moisture present. This gives each individual piece varying degrees of beautiful earth tones. The raw irregular pieces are hand-picked and split with a hydraulic press into strips. Preston is intended to be installed linearly in the ledgestone style.​

Our client had not done anything with their landscaping for many years. Tin the front of their house they had a few tired berberris (barberry) shrubs in the front, creeping blue junipers, some large evergreens, and lots of empty spaces. They liked reds, greens, yellows, and blues (the junipers). We removed the berberris and other shrubs that had to go, but kept the larger evergreens and blue junipers. We installed plants approved by our client: Nandina domestica, red twig dogwoods (a Native plant), and Acorus Oborozuki. All plants are evergreen which they wanted. In the process, we re-shaped the beds a little and seeded an area that we returned to lawn. In the back of the house, the client had a beautiful deck with a lovely view. However, the area around the deck was totally bare. They wanted colorful perennials that were low maintenance. Since they do not spend time on the deck in the winter, we concentrated on plants in their color palette that flower in late spring, summer, and early fall. The plants will grow together to minimize weeds and maintenance. The shade perennials we planted are: Tricyrtis Samurai (Toad Lily), Ghost Fern, Male Fern (Native), Japanese Holly Fern, Autumn Fern, Astilbe Peach Blossom Dicentra, Ivory Hearts, Geranium Rozanne, Anemone Honorine Jobert

Tropical colors to look out along the fence line from the master bedroom window. This was an added bonus for our client. She wanted something pretty, but we stepped it up a notch to create a whole fence line design.

Our client had not done anything with their landscaping for many years. Tin the front of their house they had a few tired berberris (barberry) shrubs in the front, creeping blue junipers, some large evergreens, and lots of empty spaces. They liked reds, greens, yellows, and blues (the junipers). We removed the berberris and other shrubs that had to go, but kept the larger evergreens and blue junipers. We installed plants approved by our client: Nandina domestica, red twig dogwoods (a Native plant), and Acorus Oborozuki. All plants are evergreen which they wanted. In the process, we re-shaped the beds a little and seeded an area that we returned to lawn. In the back of the house, the client had a beautiful deck with a lovely view. However, the area around the deck was totally bare. They wanted colorful perennials that were low maintenance. Since they do not spend time on the deck in the winter, we concentrated on plants in their color palette that flower in late spring, summer, and early fall. The plants will grow together to minimize weeds and maintenance. The shade perennials we planted are: Tricyrtis Samurai (Toad Lily), Ghost Fern, Male Fern (Native), Japanese Holly Fern, Autumn Fern, Astilbe Peach Blossom Dicentra, Ivory Hearts, Geranium Rozanne, Anemone Honorine Jobert