A guy once told me, “If you do what you love for a living, it will feel like you’ve never worked a day in your life.” It sounds like that guy never built ponds for a living! While I doMore…
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Video | POND Trade Artisan Winner Revisits Koi Pond
Our Water Artisans of the Year Awards (WAOTY) is a labor of love at POND Trade Magazine and we enjoy highlighting great pond contracting work each year. One of our winners, John Adams at Modern Design Aquascaping, recently visited his Water ArtisansMore…
Contractor’s Corner | Dual-Stream Swim Pond
Collaborating on a focal point in a backyard transformation
We both agreed on a natural and mechanically filtered swim pond with no chemicals. The pool company had their doubts, so they continued their process to be…
Cosmic Coffee and Beer Garden Showcases Sustainability (and Water Features)
In February 2017, I received an interesting phone call that ended up changing our business for the better. The man on the other end, Paul Oveisi, said that he was putting together a brand new coffee and beer garden nearMore…
The Flooded Skimmer: A Next-Level Filtration Method
by Roger and Melody Sears, Since I began building ponds more than 30 years ago, technology has come a long way. Some of the best improvements have been the skimmer and waterfall box systems. They allow for continuous cleaning ofMore…
Designing and Building Ponds for Turtles
I grew up in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s near Chicago, catching just about anything that would swim, crawl or hop. When I caught something, I would bring it home and put it in one of several tanks inMore…
Pond Construction | Pebble Mosaic Skeleton Feature
The Death Pond. Skull Mountain Fountain. Call it what you will — I just call it an interesting project. My partner Mike Hall and I met Felix Sockwell, the owner of this modern-day marvel, when our previous employer was contractedMore…
Best Practices | Glass-Paneled, Raised-Pond Construction
In early 2018, I received a call from Anthony in Aliso Viejo, California, who needed assistance designing his pond. Anthony was in construction and had acquired some glass panels. He wanted to build a pond with windows on the sides.More…
Waterscape Artisans ‘Up to their Ears’ in Love for the Profession
Pondliner's Quarterly Contractor's Corner Award goes to John Eccles at Waterscape Creations
What a great message to hear from our Contractor’s Corner Quarterly winner as everyone embarks on a new pond and water garden season: While for some this is a norm of life, waterscape artisans have chosen a profession they love,More…
Best Practices | Collaborative Formal Pond Design
In the past couple of years, I have been fortunate enough to help design and supply equipment for clients who are interested working with both their pool and landscape contractors to build a formal pond. Occasionally a client will retainMore…