VOLT® Lighting, leading manufacturer and distributor of lighting products, is recognized with a prestigious Product Innovation Award (PIA) for its VOLT® ShadowMaster™ LED Path & Area Light. The awarding organization, Architectural SSL (Solid-State Lighting), honors the most innovative lights onMore…
Pond Aesthetics
A Water Artisans of the Year Judge Shares Aesthetic and Design Guidelines
When someone asks you what you do for a living, do you notice that moment of confusion — those two or three seconds of blankness in their eyes as they try to visualize what you actually do? Many peopleMore…
Spillways and Patio Ponds Make a Splash in the Garden
In 1997, I talked my mom into letting me build a pond for her. I didn’t know anything about what I was doing at the time. We bought a pre-formed plastic tub, pumps and even a plastic waterfall and integratedMore…
Landscape Lighting Design and Tips to Illuminate Your Waterscape
I’ve been involved in the waterscape and landscape industries since the late-1980s. I was just a young kid back then, going from house to house trying to make a dollar with a skateboard and a mower. Over the adventurous yearsMore…
Sidebar | Landscape Lighting Tips and Tricks
How to strip wires, add connectors and how to bury wires for great lighting effects.
*To read the feature length article, Landscape Lighting Design and Tips to Illuminate Your Waterscape, click here >> Below is a visual, step-by-step on how to bury wires for lighting installations.
Floating Steps: Feel at One With the Pond
The floating bridge, or steppingstone look, has been popular for some time now in both formal and garden pond designs. Building them in a manner that will stay stable over time isn’t actually that difficult. Floating stone bridges give anMore…
Frozen Pond Features Allow Year-Round Enjoyment
Most pond owners enjoy their water features on a three-season schedule. It starts with great anticipation in the spring, when the filters and pumps get plugged in. The pond and surrounding landscape proceed to undergo rapid changes through the summer,More…
Antique Copper Splash Rings Add a Touch of Elegance
Atlantic Water Gardens is pleased to announce the introduction of gleaming copper to the Formal Spillways line. The Copper Scuppers, with an antique copper finish over 304 stainless steel, come in 12”, 24” and 36” widths and feature a 1-1/2”More…
EasyPro’s Vianti Falls Family of Products Expands with Brass Wall Scuppers
EasyPro Pond Products of Grant, Michigan introduces Vianti Falls Brass Wall Scuppers. These brass scuppers are ideal for formal projects as an accent or as a stand-a-lone feature. Available in three styles, diamond trim, round trim and an antique round,More…
Swimming Ponds vs. Natural Swimming Pools
When a designer/builder sells a concept to a homeowner to construct a vessel with the intent of having people swim in it — but instead of using chemicals to treat the water, the swimming water will be treated with biologicalMore…