Mike Garcia gives a peek at his rainwater harvesting system at his home in Los Angeles, as recent rains have filled his underground system with about 2,500 gallons of rain in a couple of days. Mike provides a tour of how this rain water is used in his beautiful pastoral backyard, which includes a pond […]
This episode of Pond Hunter details the step-by-step process in building this pondless waterfall, including siting, materials, equipment choices and challenges with this luxurious piece of property. Includes a plethora of detail from Mike Gannon on pump equipment sizes and insights on how to create a natural looking waterfall. (Approximate time: 9:47) >> For more pond […]
Ponds and waterfalls come in all shapes and sizes, so design flexibility is always needed for contractors and pond designers. Watch this video above on this “rock-on-a-roll” material from Aquatica Water Gardens and Jeff Mittelmark. For more information, visit www.rock-on-a-roll.com/
Atlantic Water Gardens is proud to announce new additions to Atlantic Water Gardens University. AWG University is an ongoing, objective information resource that tackles the tough questions wat er gardeners have and provides the information needed to design, install and maintain water features of all styles, presented in an accessible, easy to read format. Keeping with the […]
Atlantic Water Gardens is pleased to announce a completely new concept: the Atlantic Professional Programs. The two programs are the Atlantic Distributor Consultant (ADC) and Atlantic Professional Contractor (APC). When you become an Atlantic Distributor Consultant, we at Atlantic will support the relationship between you and your customers (the contractors and dealers), allowing you, the […]
Larry Carnes, Reflections Water Gardens, shot video of his most recent project and the subject of the upcoming feature article on POND, “Nature’s Clues for Great Watershaping.” The article goes live on Feb 24th and, for now, enjoy the serenity of this beautiful pond. More POND video, visit https://bit.ly/pondvids
This episode from Eric Triplett discusses pond skimmers, how many koi you can have in a pond and construction division travel to build you a water feature. [box]>> More content from Eric Triplett on POND magazine[/box]
Here’s a video from Max Taylor of Magnolia Ponds on how to build a pondless stream in a relatively small area of this owner’s backyard in The Woodlands, Texas. Go Johnny go! [box]Other Pondless Stream Content, “Less is More: Turning an Eyesore into a sight for sore eyes.”[/box]
Freezing temperatures mean that many of you have taken out your aerator or fountain until the weather gets a little warmer and a little more friendly. Winter is a perfect time to service aerators and fountains. Maintaining and servicing your aerators and fountains is essential to ensure proper operation and to extend the life or […]
Blue Thumb Distributing, Inc. proudly announces the acquisition of Aqua Bella Designs. Aqua Bella is a manufacturer of custom, one-of-a-kind fountains supplying the water garden, pond and lake, and lawn and garden marketplaces. The combination of Aqua Bella’s and Blue Thumb’s complimentary brands, will enable Blue Thumb to offer all markets the most comprehensive lineup of water feature equipment & supply solutions in the industry from a single source.
Blue Thumb is widely known in the water feature industry for their extensive line of professional PondBuilder equipment and other products focused on helping the landscape installer and retailer be more successful promoting and selling water features. Kip Northrup, President of Blue Thumb noted, “The synergies between the two long time leaders in the industry open a wide range of new possibilities for the growth of Blue Thumb and offers our customer base a larger, more diversified product offering. Our seasoned team at Blue Thumb, combined with years of market experience, translate to a better customer experience, stronger product offerings and increased quality, and we are very excited about that.”
Aqua Bella Designs pioneered the fountain industry when it first featured its patented design for disappearing fountains using its AquaBox in 2006 and has long been revered as one of the most installation-friendly, highest quality brands in the water garden market today. Olga Sokolova of Aqua Bella says, “We are thrilled with Blue Thumb acquiring the Aqua Bella brand. We see endless possibilities to the market potential that now exists for our product lines. More importantly we believe we will be able to service our customers better with a stronger infrastructure and forward-thinking management that Blue Thumb provides.”
Blue Thumb is committed to a seamless transition. Holding true to their core principles of performance, simplicity and value, Blue Thumb is in the process of moving all inventories from Aqua Bella to their main shipping warehouse in Saginaw, Michigan. The ability to ship Aqua Bella fountains together with pond kits, pond-less waterfall kits, and other water feature equipment will provide an overall lower delivered cost for customers and an expedited and efficient ordering process.
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5327 N. Michigan Road
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888/619-3474