Pond industry retailers – what should you be doing now to prepare for the upcoming season? Review the benefits and care for both aquatic plants (marginals, submerged plants, floating plants and bog plants) and pond fish (koi and goldfish). Learn how to educate and prepare your customers to have a successful pond. Learn about header ponds and how they can be used.
Bangkok, the Capital City of Thailand Surrounded by endless rice fields, Bangkok, Thailand, an enormous Asian capital city, loomed in the distance as our flight approached. The second leg of our International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society’s Annual Symposium was about to commence. An hours’ flight south from Chiang Mai where we began our conference, …
International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society Annual Symposium 2007 Read More »
###FROM THE DESK OF GUS COLLIER:### I almost found it laughable when I was approached at this years’ Pondapaloosa in Savannah by *Pondkeeper Magazine* to do an article about retailing in the water garden business. I have never thought of myself as a retailer. I have more or less backed into the retail business because …
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When the ice thaws off our midwestern water gardens, it is simply a wonderful time of the year. Things are warming up and everything starts to grow again. How did our Koi and goldfish survive the winter? If we had done a proper job of leaf cleanup in the fall and maintained some circulation in …
[img:1] What’s all this buzz about high-tech coatings and lining systems for ponds? Over the last decade, we’ve been hearing more and more about this technology. It’s called polyurea, and no, it is not a medical ailment. What it is, is a spray applied polymer that’s used to create rugged, long lasting lining systems for …
When asked to write about the "structural integrity" of ponds, I first want to post a disclaimer: I am a landscape architect not a structural engineer. This is my usual admission: I only know enough to be dangerous, thus, I have a healthy respect for structural engineers. This article is not going to be the …
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[img:1] The meaning of the word Showa as used to describe koi, refers to three-colored koi. Those colors would be Sumi (black) Shiro (white) and Beni (orange/red). Showa are one of the three most popular varieties of koi commonly bred in Japan and also one of my favorites. I have been going to Japan for …
