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Building a Living Classroom: The Kallangur State Primary School Ecosystem Pond Project

Leave a Comment / Commercial Water Features, Contractor's Corner, Pond Design, POND LIFE, School Pond, Water Features / Andrea Jones

In an increasingly urbanised and technology-driven world, opportunities for children to connect meaningfully with nature are becoming increasingly limited. In Australia, school environments are often constrained by safety, structure, and space, leaving fewer opportunities for unstructured exploration and discovery. Yet it is often these experiences of interacting with water, observing wildlife, and learning through curiosity […]

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Building Halcyon’s 40-meter Watercourse

Leave a Comment / Commercial Water Features, Contractor's Corner, Water Features, Waterfalls / Daniel Taylor

How a Single Pond Sparked a Landmark Watercourse Project Our work at Halcyon, a retirement community located in Buderim, Queensland, Australia, began with something much smaller. Before any commercial discussions, before any plans for a 40-metre watercourse, came Ray’s Pond. We built this interactive, naturalistic water feature for a private residence within the growing over

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Waterscape Renovation at Franklin Park Zoo

Leave a Comment / Commercial Water Features, Grottos, Pond Construction, Pond Renovation / Demi Fortuna

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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Brackish Water Ponds: An Untapped Opportunity

Leave a Comment / Commercial Water Features, Concrete, New Business Opportunities, Other Pond Animals, Pond Construction, POND LIFE, Pond Technology / Stephen G Noble

Brackish water environments, the least understood and replicated biotopes, offer a tremendous opportunity for pond builders to expand their business. Unfortunately, these dynamic zones have a reputation for being dreary and mucky. In nature, brackish water tidepools and backwater areas are turbid — but so are most of the rivers and streams from which our

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Campus Waterfall Rebuilds Earn Praise

Leave a Comment / Commercial Water Features, Contractor's Corner, Pond Construction, Pond Renovation, Waterfalls / Benjamin Timmermans

A lot of builders have been in the industry for many years with a broad spectrum of completed projects under our belts. This process has us performing consultations to formulate conceptual designs. Once the design is completed, we move on to a proposal. From there, it’s off to construction and finally project completion. Once completed,

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Pondless Waterfall Art Celebrates Historic Business

Leave a Comment / Commercial Water Features, Contractor's Corner, Pond Construction, Pondless Waterfalls, Residential Water Features, WaterScapes / John Underwood

Creating living hillside art for a local florist Mitchell’s Orland Park Florist is a staple to Orland Park, Illinois. You can’t talk to a dozen married couples without at least a few saying Mitchell’s had provided all the arrangements for their wedding. They have a perfect location that you find yourself passing by daily. Ever

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