As a pond contractor who has been building water features for a number of years now, I’ve definitely developed a style. I usually try to keep my designs simple and very natural, so when I first got a look at the pictures of a property one of my clients sent me showing a wooded hillside, …
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Four years ago, during the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal was baptized with his first Aquascape water feature. To say it was an honor and privilege to design and build a waterfall and pond for this amiable superstar is an extreme understatement. It was also a little …
A lot of builders have been in the industry for many years with a broad spectrum of completed projects under our belts. This process has us performing consultations to formulate conceptual designs. Once the design is completed, we move on to a proposal. From there, it’s off to construction and finally project completion. Once completed, …
In the tranquil south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, lies Orland Park, where a homeowner named Lora Lee dreamt of a complete renovation for her small pond. She envisioned transforming her 10-by-8-foot pond with a waterfall into a low-maintenance, worry-free haven. (She also happens to be the publisher of POND Trade magazine!) Given her passion for …
In early July 2021, I conducted an on-site consultation in Encino, California, with a brain surgeon who had a young family. There was an existing concrete water feature in the front yard that consisted of a 50-foot stream with two waterfalls and a 10-foot-wide pond about 1-foot deep. Because it leaked badly and was far …
For the pond-building artist, stone is your paint, and how you use it can make or break the look of a water feature. Choosing the perfect stone, however, is no guarantee of a beautiful outcome. That’s the realm where creativity and inspiration from Mother Nature and an understanding of the stone’s characteristics come into play. …
When I first started building ponds, I was told that moss has been tried and just doesn’t work in our waterfalls. This may be exactly the reason I was determined to find a way to build with moss. Here are a few of the things I’ve come to understand about moss in my own oversimplified …
Part 2 of 2 We shared our plans for the completion of The Oasis in the September/October 2022 issue. This is the rest of the story. Working together as a family and as a team, we have created what I believe to be an artistic masterpiece. We will never stop growing as artists, but it’s …
Blue Thumb’s Crystal Sphere forms a perpetually flowing ball of water with their newest fountain kit. Who doesn’t like a little magic in their world?
Back at a Sept. 2023 team dinner, Premier Ponds’ owner “King” Mike Kurylo said he had an announcement. From his pocket he produced rough blueprints of a pond, but as we looked closer at the sketch, we all were in shock at the massive koi pond renovation. “The client asked for a ‘pond on steroids’,” …