More Exciting Pond Topics Coming in 2016! Oh, the weather outside is frightful! Well…it soon will be here in Chicago, anyway. Thankfully, we’ve had a hectic few weeks at POND Trade central to keep us busy. It’s that most wonderful time of the year when we put our editorial calendar together for next year, and let …
It’s a basic principle: Cash flows into your pond business when you sell a job. Cash flows out when you pay the costs of the job and your overhead expenses. If you sell jobs for less than what it costs to build the job and pay your overhead expenses, you’ll get behind. You won’t have …
Depending on how you categorize koi, it is said that there are as many as 120 different varieties. And the Ginrin variety definitely contributes to the wide-range attraction of koi. Ginrin is a unique variety because its shine can appear in almost all the varieties. Although Ginrin varieties are all shiny koi, there are distinctive …
Language of Koi | Ginrin Shine with Silver and Gold Read More »
The theme was “Getting Better Together” at Pondemonium, Aquascape’s annual, premier training event for the water gardening industry. Classroom and networking sessions focused on industry standards and innovative applications, available for the hundreds of contractors, retailers and distributors who attended from around the world. Held at the beautiful Q Center campus in St. Charles, Illinois, …
Chinese and Japanese water gardens are by far my favorite of all the “living” water feature types, both to visit and to design. They are also the most challenging to both design and build! This style has been enjoyed for thousands of years. Kings and members of the nobility commissioned and perfected them as early …
Pond Construction | Chinese Pagoda Water Garden Stimulates Mind and Spirit Read More »
When I was given this topic to write on, I thought about it for a long time. When you say “pond renovation” to most people, they think of redoing a pond. When you say “on a budget,” they think of doing it in a cheap or frugal manner. If that is the case, then POND …
With all the talk about bog filtration, it seemed a good idea to discuss how we situate our pump in order to prefilter our water before sending it into a bog or other biological filter. The first step of pond filtration is called mechanical filtration, and that is what a wetland intake is — a …
Many builders and contractors have a difficult time with drawing or sketching a layout for a living water feature design. Landscape architects leave it at drawing a shape on the plans, with no allowance for filtration or proper circulation in the basic shape, creating a “design build” situation. This usually leads to a set of …
Water Feature Design: Streamline your Projects with 3D Tools Read More »
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s late-June decision in King v. Burwell, many garden pond professionals will escape at least some of the sharply escalating costs of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). That Court decision should, however, be a wake-up call for all retailers, distributors, builders, installers and manufacturers to get their ducks in a row …
I can hear the cries now. “Another social media platform? Really? When will it stop? I don’t have time for the ones I’m already dabbling in!” Like it or not, social media is the advertising billboard of today’s electronic world. Whether it’s Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Twitter or another, the best way to promote …
Periscope Provides Live Recordings at Pond Sites Read More »
