Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver served as the growing site for the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society’s annual New Waterlily Competition, which drew 21 entries from hybridizers around the world this year. These entries were divided into the followingMore…
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January/February 2015
New Year, New Site, New Ponds! Happy New Year, PONDerers!! I hope January finds you happy and healthy. While you’ve been busy celebrating, we at POND Trade have been busy hammering out some exciting new changes! 2014 was a greatMore…
Pond Projects: Breaking Ground in Australia

In my line of work, the greatest accomplishment is to create a landscape that looks part of one of the oldest landscapes in the world. “It looks like it has been there forever” is the best compliment that I haveMore…
SIDEBAR | Pond Projects: Breaking Ground in Australia
Project BIO Location: Somers, State of Victoria Client: Doug and Dominique Background and Request: This family spends a lot of time in the outback swimming in rock pools and billabongs and wanted the same experience when they are at home.More…
Friendly Front Lines
Customer service etiquette winners and losers
Business owners and managers spend a great deal of time managing a long list of business functions and directional planning to ensure success. Every year, every month, every day they invest hard-earned capital in products, services, equipment, staffing, training andMore…
Koi in the Balance
Maintaining one of Chicago’s largest koi habitats
I got a call in 2009 from a pond caretaker who asked me about my aquatic veterinarian. He said his employer was looking for someone to help his fish. It seemed that they had a parasite infestation during the summer,More…
Water Gardening: 30 Years and Still Growing

When we started Sunland Water Gardens in 1980, water gardening was not something anyone in mainstream landscaping looked at seriously. Ponds, waterfalls, fountains and water gardens were something only the rich and eccentric seemed to want—or at least that isMore…
Business Tips from a Plant…or a Giant Water Lily
Victoria’s 5 Not-So-Secret Strategies for Success

Victoria amazonica [Giant Water Lily] started capturing people’s attention and imagination 165 years ago. Her success began in the late 1880s when she singlehandedly caused a water garden craze in Europe that quickly spread to the U.S. The craze broadenedMore…
The Art of the Waterfall
Essential elements for natural looking installations
We have all seen both the “WOW!” waterfall as well as the “What were they thinking?” waterfall, right? Most prospective customers have been exposed to the latter, which makes selling them on your better-built and more aesthetically pleasing waterfall muchMore…
Ponds: Miracle Water is Possible!
Bacteria House Filter Media makes ponds and tanks shine

Water quality and clarity are extremely important in any fish retail setting. Live koi and goldfish are very appealing when happily swimming in crystal clear water. An aesthetically pleasing display pond draws the customer in with the soothing sounds fromMore…