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A Contractor’s Guide to Choosing the Right Pump for Your Ponds and Water Features

Leave a Comment / Pond Equipment, Pond Technology / Ron Maurice

Water features elevate outdoor spaces, but the pump behind the scenes determines whether that feature thrives or fails. For contractors, selecting the right pump for your client’s needs is critical for performance, efficiency, reliability and—most importantly—customer satisfaction. This guide explores key factors to consider when choosing pumps for ponds and water features. Understand the Application […]

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How Thoughtful Planting Transforms Water Features

Leave a Comment / Aquatic Plants, Pond Landsaping, Water Gardening / James Hiestand

Planting within and around natural water features and fountainscapes can be one of the most impactful and rewarding phases of any project. Whether contemporary or naturalistic, small or expansive, plants play essential roles in both the function and beauty of a living water ecosystem. Functionally, plants help keep water clean by absorbing nutrients that algae

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Driftwood: Sculptures for Water Features

Leave a Comment / Pond Design, Water Features / Mike Gannon

There’s a rugged and romantic appeal to driftwood. The thought of it often brings our minds to windswept shorelines or desolate, forgotten landscapes. Driftwood has a way of taking us momentarily out of time—acting as a portal to somewhere, sometime else. Most driftwood has been on an epic journey of transformation, and if you look

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Sustainable Water Features

1 Comment / Uncategorized, Water Features / Jonathan Marston

When most people think of droughts, they don’t picture the green deciduous forests of the Northeast. Growing up in Massachusetts, I certainly didn’t. It wasn’t until I visited relatives in New Mexico as a kid that I got to experience the issue up close. At the time, my family there lived in an off-grid house

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The Business of Building Commercial Water Features

Leave a Comment / Formal Fountains, New Business Opportunities, Pond Aesthetics, Pond Content, Pond Design / Mark Giordano

By Mark Giordano and Amber Swain, Pond Elegance After multiple owners, 36 years and hundreds of pond builds, Pond Elegance has earned its place as a leader in our industry. Since 1986, our company has been providing residential pond and water feature owners with koi, goldfish, plants and other supplies, along with design, pond construction

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Enhancing Water Features With Hardscaping and Landscaping

Leave a Comment / Concrete, Hardscape, Pond Construction, Pond Content, Pond Design / Brian Fitzsimmons

In today’s world, pond and koi enthusiasts don’t just want a home for their fish. They want a full showcase. When integrating hardscaping around the pond, the whole backyard is brought to life. Stonework and landscaping not only complement the pond aesthetically, but they also add more functionality to the space. We have been able

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Designing Water Features with Drones

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An aerial image of the property is overlaid onto a CAD plan of the proposed trout pond. The Phantom 4 Pro is certainly the workhorse for most of my aerial imagery due to its power and ability to resist movement in windy conditions. I also like that the tall legs help to keep it clear

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Aquascape Publishes Coffee Table Book Featuring Stunning Water Features

Leave a Comment / Pond Content, Trade News, Water Features / POND Content Network

Aquascape Inc. introduces its “Hands of the Artist,” a full-color, hardcover coffee table book with over 300 pages featuring stunning, hand-crafted Aquascape water features brought to you by Aquascape and its talented tribe of Certified Aquascape Contractors (CACs). The book contains a carefully curated collection of water feature works from CACs around the world. Organized

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How to Master the Art of Building Water Features

1 Comment / Aquatic Plants, Pond Aesthetics, Pond Content, Pond Design, Pond Equipment, POND LIFE / Shane Hemphill

We like to say that anybody can dig a hole and fill it with water. But to master the craft of building water features that function properly with simple maintenance and a proper biological balance, all while exuding a lasting aesthetic beauty — well, it can be a bit more complicated. When I became a

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Manipulating Sound in Water Features

2 Comments / Pond Aesthetics, Pond Design, Pond Technology / Tristan Adams

Sound is all around us, from birds chirping on a cool, crisp morning to waves crashing on the beach. Most sounds are filtered or otherwise dismissed, but some bring us back to a place of comfort as soon as we hear them. For example, when I hear the soft crackling of an open fire, I

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