When most people think of droughts, they don’t picture the green deciduous forests of the Northeast. Growing up in Massachusetts, I certainly didn’t. It wasn’t until I visited relatives in New Mexico as a kid that I got to experience the issue up close. At the time, my family there lived in an off-grid house […]
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Now in its seventh year, the Water Artisans of the Year contest has opened the floodgates of water-feature-building talent in the industry. The cream has risen to the top. We are proud to announce the 2022 Water Artisans of the Year winners, including our second triple-crown winners — Shane Hemphill and Health Webb of Art
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Check out these stunning runner-up entries For the first time in the contest’s history, two runners-up also won first place in a different category. We’re thrilled to see our first female finalist from last year place second in the same category again this year. In our humble opinion, second place never looked so good! Check
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Family with a capital F! (Hopefully you noticed our cover and didn’t immediately open the issue to read my column first.) What a great experience John Magyar and his son Elijah had working together to create a memorial pond and waterfall for John’s mother. What a priceless time to bond with your son and also
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Canadian pond builder Martin Siderius, owner of WaterScapes by Bloom ‘N’ Dales, and his client, Frank Cozzolino, were featured in a recent episode of HGTV’s “Holmes Family Rescue” starring Mike Holmes. The 12-episode series follows Holmes as he teams up with his son and daughter to rescue clients who are struggling with botched construction jobs.
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I’ve been building ponds commercially since 2000 and this is a first time request: a grotto feature. This request came as a surprise as Texas Ponds and Water Features started talking about a backyard recreational pond early last year and we had a pretty good idea of the features wanted. The client wanted a wetlands filter. No
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I’m so glad I’m not a judge this year! Granted, the Supreme Stream Court does all the judging for our Water Artisans of the Year contests, and then I process all the entries. But still — I wouldn’t want to have to make those decisions, especially this year (our largest contest to date). You guys
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As in previous years, the 2021 “Supreme Stream Court” blindly evaluated submissions in five distinct categories. In order to be considered eligible, projects must have been completed between Nov. 1, 2020 and Nov. 1, 2021. We were happy to accept multiple entries from the same contractor; however, each project could only be submitted in one
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve been having a really good summer. It’s the first time since the pandemic that I’ve done some business travel. I popped that mask on, jumped on a plane and flew to Kansas City to visit Powell Gardens with International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society (IWGS) members Susan Davis,
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This year’s submissions were presented blindly to a panel of seven industry experts to determine winners and runners-up in five categories (Best Pondless, Most Naturalistic, Best Under $15k, Ponds by Night, and Fountains & Formal Features). In order to be considered eligible, projects must have been completed between Nov. 1, 2019 and Nov. 1, 2020.
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