Rubber Bark™ by the pool, in time for summer

Like peaches and cream, or BBQ on a sunny day, Rubber Bark™ and pools are a great fit, especially for a summer landscaping project. Case in point: Paul's backyard is a perfect blend of pool side fun and chic landscaping, including Rubber Bark™.  Here is Paul's backyard concept and opinion on Rubber Bark™. 

"One of the nicest things about Rubber Bark™ is that it does not stick to wet feet. I have seven grandchildren who are always stepping on the Rubber Bark™ after getting out of the pool and the Rubber Bark™ never sticks to their wet feet. If I had used wood chips not only would the pool be filled with wood bark, we would have had a lot of splinters to remove from little feet.

In the over three years of having this product we have only had at most three or four pieces of the bark in the pool. My gardener blows the leaves off the Rubber Bark™ and even then we have no Rubber Bark™ in the pool. I have moved the product to install some lights and the soil was moist under the Rubber Bark™.

I installed the Rubber Bark™ directly onto the ground and have only had a couple of weeds pop through where the Rubber Bark™ is thin. I have just ordered another pallet to increase the thickness in the a few areas that are thin, which should solve the weed problem. The blue ground cover is recycled glass, which has three high intensity LED up-lights shining through the glass."

Great ideas Paul. Thanks so much for sharing. Below is a picture of Paul's beautiful pool area. 

Redwood Rubber Bark™ used in a pool area