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…
Pond Design
2017 Water Artisans Contest is Now Open!
The 2nd Annual POND Trade Water Artisans of the Year contest Adds New Categories.
Building on the success of our first annual Water Artisans Contest, POND Trade Magazine proudly announces that our 2017 competition is now open to entries and we have new categories this year! Our judges have added “Best Water Feature underMore…
Contest Winner | How to Hide Pond Equipment and Create a Beautiful Waterscape
Replicating nature or mimicking nature is really at the heart of this industry. However, how do you create nature-inducing beauty without showing off the skimmer, pumps, and pond equipment? Our Contractor Corner’s winner, Craig McBride from All Aquatics, for thisMore…
Contractor’s Corner | Mask the Mechanics to Create a Seamless View of Your Waterscape
The Art of Hide and Chic with Waterscapes
For this project, I was able to hide the pump vault by arranging the layout so that the vault itself was placed off to the side and using additional Aqua Blocks to extend…
Pondside Trees: Pros and Cons of Large Pond Plans
It seems that every nature and landscape photographer seeks out the lake with the reflection of trees or mountains in the water. These are the shots that make for calendar photos that hang on the walls of old-timers likeMore…
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…
Pond Showcase Model Connects with Customers
Creative Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania provides a stage for multiple designs.
Being in the business of installing ponds, we’ve done all types, shapes and sizes over the years. It has been a thriving part of the business for us for a long time. But with more and more landscape contractors installingMore…
Waterscape Designing to the Next Level
Creative designing to the next degree
I love small water features! The simplicity of a patio pond or disappearing waterfall makes it easy for a crew to replicate a systematic process day after day, keeping your operation profitable while still delivering a custom product to yourMore…
Contractor’s Corner | Three-Urn Set Completes Hardscape Install
Smaller features offer customers no-brainer, budget-friendly choices
Three days into the hardscape install, the clients, after spending a few hours thumbing through a catalog, spotted a similar three-urn set and fell in love with it.
Pond, Waterfall and ‘Floating Tea House’ Offer Window to the Pond World
We had a consultation with a family just outside Washington, D.C. Although they had lived in their beautiful home for more than eight years with no landscaping in their backyard, the time had finally come. They were ready to createMore…