Pond Management – the Reactive Approach

Aquatic Herbicides and Algaecides (chemicals) are useful tools for pond management.  Often ponds become overrun with weeds or algae, and a chemical application may be your best option to gain control, at least for the short term,  unfortunately, the dead or decaying weeds and algae that have settled on the bottom of your pond are [...]

Winterizing Your Feature

Your pond is an outdoor living ecosystem and unless you live in a part of the country where old man winter doesn’t pay you an annual visit, you will have to prepare for changes in late fall and going into winter. PONDLESS WATERFALL  1.  Leave it running.   If you live where temps are mild, you can leave [...]

Spring Clean Out

Weather conditions can be very extreme in many parts of the country. Some years we get lucky and have a mild winter. Yet, we know that the warm weather early can fool you into believing spring is coming, but we can still get some cold weather in February and March and sometimes into April spring will arrive [...]

Troubleshooting Your Aquascape Pump

Are you having trouble with your pump? The Aquascape Pro pumps   which include the SFA Pro pumps and the Tsurumi pumps carry a two year warranty. Warrantees are honored through whomever you purchased the pump from. AquaSurge Pumps carry a three year warranty and are high efficient but for average to low head elevations. But before [...]

Facts: About Pumps

Not many people want to be involved in the mechanics of a pump because it can be too difficult to understand. But if you learn just a little it will help you understand the living, breathing ecosystem that is your pond. Pumps and plumbing make up the circulatory system of a water feature. More important, [...]

Pondless® Waterfalls

The hottest tread in landscaping!  We have the equipment available for the do-it-yourself installer or the pro installer who wants to purchase and install a Pondless® Waterfall. What is a Pondless waterfall? Yes it is what you think it is a waterfall with no pond and no fish.  You know not everyone wants a pond [...]

Planning: Pond Calculations

Here’s the rule of thumb for measurement of your pond. SQUARE FEET on the surface area. Rectangle length x width = Square feet of pond Circular 3.14 (1/2 diameter x 1/2 diameter) = square feet of surface NUMBER OF CUBIC FEET Rectangle average length x average width x average depth = volume in cubic feet [...]

Planting Your Water Garden

Whether you have just finished installing a new water garden or you are in the planning stages, you must decide what type and how many plants you are going to install. Aquatic plants aren’t just used in the water garden to provide beauty and naturalization – they also serve the very important function of helping [...]

Dividing Plants at Spring Clean Out

Your plants can be divided in the spring and, if in pots that you can lift out of the pond, you could wait till late spring if you so desire as any plant can be divided up to early August. All perennial plants such as all Pickerel, Arrow plants, Iris and any other perennial plant [...]

Planning Your Pond

Getting Started Building a water garden should be a fun, creative and enjoyable process. You will be creating an Ecosystem which when created properly will eliminate lots of the hassle of maintaining a water garden. When you purchase a complete pond or pondless kit, which means items from the same manufacturer, you will save yourself lots [...]

Featured Products