James Hiestand has been designing and creating award-winning outdoor living spaces with water features for over 33 years in California and Oregon. He is the owner and operator of DreamScapes Water Features and Landscaping LLC in Los Angeles, Ca. His Passion for connecting people with Nature's Healing Energy translates into every unique DreamScape. In 2010, James became a Certified Aquascape Contractor and has since worked his way up to becoming a Master CAC. Proficient at creating Fountainscapes, Natural Pondless Waterfalls, Ponds and Recreation Swimming Ponds, James designs and installs only one DreamScape at a time. www.DreamScapesComeTrue.com

How Thoughtful Planting Transforms Water Features

By James Hiestand / March 5, 2026 / 0 Comments

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 […]

Lifting Spirits: Pondless Waterfall Project Transforms Peaceful Resting Space

By James Hiestand / January 1, 2025 / 0 Comments

In November 2020, Mount Sinai Memorial Parks brought me in to turn their old, crumbling, leaking, hard-to-see concrete water feature into a DreamScape. This was a challenging and ultimately very rewarding project to work on. Being in a cemetery, we needed to follow certain rules — mainly being quiet when services were held. A few […]

Large Scale Waterscape Naturalizes Front Yard

By James Hiestand / June 28, 2024 / 0 Comments

In early July 2021, I conducted an on-site consultation in Encino, California, with a brain surgeon who had a young family. There was an existing concrete water feature in the front yard that consisted of a 50-foot stream with two waterfalls and a 10-foot-wide pond about 1-foot deep.   Because it leaked badly and was far […]

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