Next, she resurrected her mother’s water feature. A well-intentioned friend of hers with admittedly no water feature experience had tried to put together a pondless waterfall with her mother’s stone.
This episode of Pond Hunter details the step-by-step process in building this pondless waterfall, including siting, materials, equipment choices and challenges with this luxurious piece of property. Includes a plethora of detail from Mike Gannon on pump equipment sizes and insights on how to create a natural looking waterfall. (Approximate time: 9:47) >> For more pond …
Building a stream in this limited amount of space between two lots of concrete would also have to please my hardest critic of all — the one who looks back at me in the mirror every day.
Think outside the box with pondless features Many years ago at our retail location, we had several different displays, including a koi pond, a raised water garden, an overflowing pot and a pondless waterfall. Thinking outside the box is something we always aimed to do, so we included a couple of unusual features like a …
Building water feature waterfalls, while challenging, can be a very rewarding undertaking. It is crucial that they are built with both integrity and sustainability in mind. The first step in building a waterfall is understanding the needs and wants of the client. This is the most crucial element for me. Don’t let their budget dictate …
This backyard project came to us via a store rep at a well known and long-established landscape supplier here in Ottawa, Ritchie Feed & Seed Inc. I deal with this supplier quite often during the pond season and have had many conversations with him about the types of water features I build. So, when one …
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Our Liquid Designz showroom is situated on a fairly busy, double-lined county road in Northern New Jersey. It presents a perfect opportunity to showcase some of our beautiful work as close to the road as possible, so passing traffic can view one or both of our two displays flanking the corners of our property, approximately …
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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 create a paradise by transforming their backyard into a beautiful, pond world. Why not a Pond? …
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Building a new waterfall amid an already existing network of waterfalls, pools and streams under the watchful eye of a master certified gardener nicknamed Llama Mama might intimidate some contractors. But, as John Adams was able to prove to a Knoxville homeowner with high expectations, a little careful craftsmanship, some locally-sourced driftwood and more than …
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It’s not that difficult to understand why some contractors might balk at the prospect of a project that requires manipulating more than 40 tons of boulders into a pondless waterfall in a tight backyard with limited access and an extreme slope. But when a recently retired couple presented the idea to Tim Wood at a …
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