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 integrated them all into my first “pond.” It was a fun experience, but needless to say, …
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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 years that have since passed, I have seen the facets of both of these industries grow …
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*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. [box style=”rounded” border=”full”](1) After the wire is stripped back, we twist the wires together and give it a clean terminal cut and then (2) …
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 an appearance of freedom that solid bridges or bridges with railings simply cannot. The feeling of …
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, when plants are flourishing and time spent outdoors is fully maximized. Then suddenly, it’s fall. …
Creating beautiful water features is probably your passion. You’re good at it. It’s your niche. But today’s customers are often wanting more than just a water feature – they’re also wanting a place to enjoy it! You’ve already likely added things like outdoor lighting and planting to supplement your water feature installations, so including hardscapes …
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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 biological filtration — what should we call this vessel? Two terms are being bandied about in the …
The art of precariously placing stones atop one another, usually in creative and highly improbable formations, with the assistance of nothing other than gravity. For some it’s a hobby…for others, a form of meditation, a way to exercise creativity or even a profession. It is stone balancing…and it is my passion. Below is a compilation …
Art imitates life or does nature imitate art? Well, you can decide as Tim Anderson of Keystone Balance demonstrates his stone-balancing skills in this quick video above. The upcoming January/February issue features Tim’s unique work and he answers frequently asked questions about this art form. See below of an excerpt from the upcoming feature article: …
A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. It refers to either a zone of many square miles or only a few square feet. Microclimates are why people living around a bay have more moderate temperatures than those inland and folks on opposite sides of a mountain have …