keep the existing tree in the scene ghost it in including trunk tiered light natural landscape the areas beside the natural stone stairs with scattered boulder retaining walls and natural plantings between the stones leave people where they are the edge of water in foreground is a shale and rocky beach typical of finger lakes should be small stone with shale at the water s edge the dock should be gray composite wood do not add any retaining walls beyond those described blue wall near water s edge should be a low stone sitting wall