New paver patio, boulder steps and a pondless waterfall below the gazebo at a Jefferson Hills home

Jefferson Hills, PA

Paver Patio, Boulder Wall & Pondless Water Feature in Jefferson Hills

Patio

Boulders

Plants

Completed October 2026. An old deck replaced with a paver patio across the back of the house, a boulder wall along the hillside, and a pondless water feature set into the boulders.

In this project, we removed the existing deck and a small section of pavers in the lower level of the backyard. We then installed a new paver patio in the color River across the back of the house.

Before. The old deck and the red stone path in the lower backyard.

Before: the old deck, a red stone path and a patch of lawn in the lower backyard, with the gazebo behind

Before: the old deck at the back of the house beside a rough hillside bed

New paver patio running across the back of the house, with a boulder wall and stone steps along the hillside

New paver patio edged with boulders and river stone, looking toward the gazebo

We also created a boulder wall along the bottom of the hillside. Using the boulders, we built a slightly raised boulder platform and set the pondless water feature within it.

Raised boulder platform with the pondless waterfall and boulder steps at the edge of the new patio

Pondless waterfall spilling over stone ledges into a bed of river stone, below the gazebo

Stone steps beside the pondless waterfall, with new ferns planted in the mulch bed

Close view of the pondless waterfall with warm light on the stone ledges

For the landscaping, we installed a variety of shrubs and a dwarf red weeping Japanese maple throughout the backyard beds. The bed at the top of the back hillside was enlarged: we removed the red stone and installed new plants. We also redid the landscape beds in the front and along both sides of the house.

Before and after. Drag the divider to compare the same spot.

After: the new paver patio, boulder steps and pondless waterfall below the gazebo — The lower backyard, looking toward the gazebo.

Before: the old deck, red stone path and lawn in the lower backyard — The lower backyard, looking toward the gazebo.

What went in

Paver patio in the color River across the back of the house
Boulder wall along the bottom of the hillside
Pondless water feature set in a raised boulder platform
Shrubs and a dwarf red weeping Japanese maple in the backyard beds
Enlarged, replanted bed at the top of the back hillside
Front and side landscape beds redone

Related services: patios, boulders, and plants. More work near here: West Jefferson Hills landscaping.

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