Contractor’s Corner | Three-Urn Set Completes Hardscape Install
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.
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Pond Hunter Podcast Connects with Enthusiasts
[box]Above is the most recent episode of the Pond Hunter Podcast.[/box] The pond and water garden industry’s constant push to stay relevant in the age of information can be traced back a couple of centuries —all the way back to the physical publishing of articles and books. Pond enthusiasts in the 21st century still love …
Pro Pond Builder Crafts an Oasis of his Own
The designs varied from formal, raised-bed ponds with ornamental scuppers to natural, rocked ponds with multiple waterfalls.
Natural Swimming Pool, Hardscapes, Koi Pond and Streams Dazzle
The pool started off as a waterfall flowing into a 75-foot, lazy stream to accommodate lap swimming. The sides of the 6-foot-deep stream are overwhelmed by waterfalls and weeping boulders.
Boost Your Revenue Stream With Pond Maintenance
Pond maintenance is often overlooked as a revenue stream for pond builders and water feature specialists. The landscape industry as a whole is a $77 billion industry in the United States, and while ponds are a small segment of the industry, this figure still shows how large the opportunity can be for pond services. With …
Video | What to Look for with Gin Rin Showa Koi
Old man winter is trying to “hold-on” in certain areas of the country, but it’s officially Spring and pond enthusiasts are now focused on new additions for their beautiful ponds. New pond features for this year could include aquatic plants, waterfalls or new Gin Rin Showa Koi as shown in this video. In this recent …
Limited Access? Work Backward to Get Forward
This pond was right up against the neighbor’s fence, so access was extremely limited — impossible from that end…
Ever-Changing Plans Makes Building Ponds Tougher
It’s not every day that Universal Aquatics of Atlanta, Georgia gets an opportunity to create something we have never created before. “Asian spice meets the Tennessee Hills with a mix of formal simplicity and a touch of rustic flair, in a nutshell” is what our team was tasked with developing and constructing. In April of …
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Eliminate Customer Objections to Close Deals
The presentation went as planned. You arrived a few minutes early and even picked up the morning paper from the lawn, handing it to the prospect on your way in the door. The potential customers were eager to see you, and after commenting on their lovely home and indulging in a few minutes of pleasantries, …
Decide Your Priorities, Build Your Best Pond
The exciting pond project you see in the pictures below was built in Northamptonshire, U.K. The owners had recently moved from another property, where they had a small pond. But with a much bigger garden surrounding the new home they decided to build a more substantial pond to house their fish. They had a good …