I work as a landscape specialist for BYU grounds crew. Yay.
What do I do?
well... my crew takes care of this stream... which is artificial and almost a half mile lone. There is a walking trail beside it all made out of expocrete paving stones. Don't be fooled by the innocent appearance of this waterfall (one of many, I might add)-- the hill appears to be nothing more than a grassy knoll with a quiet stream set in to please the eyes of all passers-by.
It isn't. That hill has earned the nickname "Hell Hill"... among others, because it is impossibly steep, stony and features little to no green growth. Rotting stumps and knarled roots are becoming exposed by erosion-- and the topsoil always goes to one place... the bottom of the lovely stream.
So, Julie's supervisor discovers she has some experience with landscape and products. He then comes to her and says, This is your new project. Make that hillside beautiful-- and stop the dirt from falling into the stream.
Several cubic yards of rocks, a few natural stone retainment walls and bucket after bucket after bucket of organic mulch later-- this very ugly area is finally starting to look like how should have looked all along: beautiful.
I think I'll pat myself on the back.
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