By Demi Fortuna and Edwin Scott-Fortuna Our company, August Moon Designs recently complete a waterscape renovation in a historic rock garden at the Franklin Park Zoo. Franklin Park was first designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, creator of New York’s Central Park. Known as the jewel of the Emerald Necklace of parks encircling Boston, Olmstead would […]
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The “Mile-High City” of Denver, Colorado hosted the 2024 Atlantic-Oase Professional Conference (APC) at the Rally Hotel downtown. Pre-Conference Tour Early attendees signed up for the pond tour, with three vans leaving the hotel at 9:00 a.m. At the first stop, a lovely home with a panoramic view of Marston Lake, the homeowner and the […]
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The seventh annual Atlantic-Oase Professional Conference began Oct. 25, 2023, with check-in at the well-appointed hospitality room at the hotel, multiple tours of the factory and offices, and a welcome reception across the compound on the patio at the Blue Canyon restaurant. The warm, low-key get-together, a perfect introduction to the conference, was for many […]
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Back in the mid ’80s, pond builders had far fewer off-the-shelf solutions available. We built and rebuilt what we needed to get the job done — often many times before we got it right. Here are some of my more successful Greybeard Hacks. Bulletproof Bottom Drains My first ponds were large, occupying the whole of […]
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By Demi Fortuna and Caitlyn Winkle On Sep. 14, 2022, contractors, distributors and pond industry professionals reunited for the sixth annual Atlantic-OASE Professional Conference, face-to-face once again. The conference also offered participants a good measure of recreation and networking. Medal Play and Pond Ed The event began with the shotgun start of the Golf Outing […]
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Big ponds and lakes have the same water quality and clarity issues as smaller features, but most of our small-scale solutions don’t scale up well. We’ve had to develop a different strategy that combines biology and physics to deliver clear water in features over 50,000 gallons. The Culprits When it comes to a lack of […]
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The 2021 Atlantic-OASE Professional Conference was held virtually Dec. 2, 2021, with more than 150 attendees via Zoom. At the end of the conference, the year’s awards were given out to three noteworthy recipients. APC of the Year The Atlantic-OASE Professional Contractor (APC) of the Year is awarded to those who exemplify the finest attributes […]
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The first virtual Atlantic-OASE Professional Contractor Conference kicked off Wednesday, Dec. 2. Like most events these days, the two-day conference was held remotely. Using Zoom allowed the conference, which is usually held in person in Cleveland, Ohio, to expand from Europe to Australia, from Mexico to Canada and all over the United States. The decision […]
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>> This is a sidebar to Demi Fortuna’s main feature, “A Pump and Plumbing Pond Primer” What if you wanted to know the flow of an existing waterfall, perhaps because you want to recreate the same effect? You can measure the thickness of the water flowing over a spillway or fall rock. Turn a ruler […]
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When I was asked to revisit the subject of pump hydraulics, I was honored — and a little intimidated. I immediately wondered how I could make this article in some way more interesting than the mathematics involved. Let’s face it — as important as knowing what Total Dynamic Head (TDH) is, how to calculate it […]
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