When you’re at peace, you are engaged with life while also feeling relatively relaxed, calm and safe. You are protected from stress. Your immune system grows stronger. You become more resilient. Building a peaceful sanctuary was the end goal ofMore…
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Contractor’s Corner | Babble Around the Water Cooler
A refreshing upgrade to the office break room
Every job starts with a phone call, and this particular call was no different — except it’s not every day that your job site is an office building that was built in the early 1940s. When we arrived to meetMore…
Contractor’s Corner | What a Zoo!
Contractors unite to upgrade koi-feeding exhibit
In July 2019, we received a phone call from Mary Anne Hahn, owner of the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo, a family-owned nonprofit organization in Thurmont, Maryland. She explained that they were experiencing problems with their koi-feeding experience exhibit at theMore…
Contractor’s Corner | Gotta Have More Pond!
Tips for expanding your customer’s existing pond
In my 46 years of building water features and ponds, I have never been told that I’ve built one that was too big. On the contrary, I have been tasked to expand quite a few ponds — some I didn’tMore…
Contractor’s Corner | A Labor of Love
Dream water garden doubles as a memorial pond
My addiction to water gardening began back in 2000 when a local Aquascape supplier, Hedberg Supply, had their annual pond tour. From that year to the fall of 2007, I accumulated many pictures and articles of other homeowners’ water featuresMore…
Contractor’s Corner | Let There Be Light!
Shedding some sunshine on a cloudy koi pond
In our line of work, customer satisfaction and the ability to create a good build are paramount if you want to stay in business long term. More important, though, is the understanding that we can always learn, grow, and becomeMore…
Contractor’s Corner | Pond of Dreams
Certified Aquascape Contractors join forces to donate gorgeous waterscape
We were working on a pond this summer, and it turned out that the person who was most passionate about it was a kid who lived across the street. Nolan, 13, and his mom…
Contractor’s Corner | Just Admiring the View
Massive, dynamic project honors customers’ late wife, mother
One of the biggest challenges of this project was the fact that it grew. Remember, it started out as one pond and one patio. Virginia Water Gardens…
Contractor’s Corner | Step Up Your Game Plan
Out with the old water pumps and filters. In with external filtration!
Recently, I attended the Water Garden Expo in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and I had the pleasure of showing many of my pond-builder friends…
Contractor’s Corner | Under the Boardwalk
Renovated waterscape transforms colonial-style home
The waterfall, which was no longer running by the time we were called in, faced away from the house so that all you saw was…