Joe Zawistowski is the owner of Black Koi Water Features, a pond construction and maintenance company based in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Black Koi Water Features serves Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina, specializing in naturalistic ponds, recreation ponds and custom water features.

Rebuilding a 20-Year-Old Entry Pond Into a 50-Foot Waterfall Walkway

By Joe Zawistowski / October 29, 2026 / 0 Comments

This job started with a maintenance call. Jon had just bought a home with a pond at the front entrance, and he signed on with us for service, beginning with our water feature report card. Then he started remodeling the house. With the interior and exterior getting updated, the pond moved to the top of […]

Built on a Grand Scale: Inside a 100-Foot Recreation Pond

By Joe Zawistowski / October 26, 2026 / 0 Comments

Fletcher, North Carolina, is home to what may be one of the largest recreation ponds on the East Coast. It checks nearly every box a water feature can check: an intake bay skimming system, an Aquascape upflow bog filtration system, a dock, dedicated fishing pools stocked with bass, a beach entry, aeration, massive stone patio […]

Building Big in Fletcher, North Carolina

By Joe Zawistowski / September 15, 2026 / 0 Comments

Black Koi Water Features tackles groundwater, massive stonework and natural filtration in an expansive North Carolina recreation pond When we began work on this recreation pond in Fletcher, North Carolina, we knew from the start that it would be anything but a typical build. At roughly 100 feet long and 60 to 80 feet wide, […]

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