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Creating a Backyard Oasis: Pondless Waterfall & Patio Build in Asheville

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If you’ve been dreaming of turning your backyard into a peaceful retreat, our latest project in Asheville, NC might spark some inspiration. We recently designed and built a pondless waterfall paired with a beautiful flagstone patio for our clients, creating a natural space where they can relax, entertain, and enjoy the soothing sound of moving water. This project showcases how the right combination of stonework and water features can transform an ordinary yard into a custom outdoor oasis!

Backyard Waterfall

Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full video:

https://youtu.be/0v82xXk19IY?si=T0M7DAvbQ-iQmmXg

We had a blast creating this breathtaking waterfall and custom flagstone patio for some really amazing clients!

Patio and waterfall

Whether you’re looking for a relaxing pondless waterfall, a custom flagstone patio, or a complete backyard transformation, our team specializes in creating outdoor spaces that blend beauty with functionality. Every project is tailored to fit your lifestyle and vision, so you can enjoy your own personal retreat right at home. Ready for your own backyard oasis? Give us a call today!

Jacob

Living Waters Landscaping

828-301-8017

Living.waters102@gmail.com

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Building a Pond, Part one

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This month we have been working on building a decorative garden pond in Hendersonville, Nc.

Garden Koi Pond

This project is currently under construction. Please check back later for finished project photos.

This pond will be appropriately 15×22 ft wide and 4 ft deep. We added some special features to this system. Including: an intake bay filter, a wetland filter and an airlift bottom filter.

With all these filters combined, along with aeration and circulation jets, the pond will be crystal clear and have very little maintenance to keep it that way.

Boulder pond

We started off by excavating the pond area and lining it with a 45 mil EPDM rubber liner. Then we set boulders along the pond wall, leaving planting pockets for aquatic plants that will help keep the water clear and healthy.

We added some large boulders into the pond to create a truly unique and impressive feature.

We also added a fun feature to this pond. Floating Steps! They are actually not ‘floating’ but will look like it when the pond is full. We set flagstone steppingstones on top of concrete pillars to create this awesome feature.

Pillars for floating steps
Floating steps

As this pond developed, we decided to add some aquatic lighting into the pond so our client could enjoy the fish at night.

One of the unique filtration options we installed into this pond was the airlift filter grid at the bottom of the pond. The airlift is created using a grid of perforated pipes under gravel laid into the bottom of the pond. When the system is on, the aerator will pump water into a vertical pipe connected to the grid and create a vacuum. This will draw water through the grid and discharge it to the top of the pond. Making the whole floor of the pond a big biological filter.

Airlift Filter

As we are still working on this system, please check back soon for some finished project photos and videos.

Pond Filtration

Give us a call or message with any questions, or if you are considering having a pond or waterfall installed in your yard.

Jacob

Living Waters Landscaping

828-301-8017

Setting Boulders

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New Flagstone Patio

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Flagstone Patio

We just finished this custom dry laid flagstone patio in Weaverville, NC

This patio includes an inlay pattern in the center. While the rest of the patio is a random pattern, the central inlay draws your eye and invites you in.

The special part about this patio project was the custom wood bench.

My carpenter custom made this glue-lam curved bench from trees on his property.

Custom wood and stone bench

The bench was then cut into two 1000 pound boulders. Creating a beautiful and functional feature.

In addition to the stone and wood in the design of this feature, we installed a landscape lighting system so that it can be enjoyed at night.

Landscape Lighting

This was a fun feature to build and we hope to build more features like this in the future.

Give us a call if you would like something like this in your yard!

Jacob

Living Waters Landscaping

828-301-8017

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Patio and bench
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Rebuilding a pond and waterfall in Asheville, Nc

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Pondless Waterfall

Our project the last couple weeks has been working on the rebuild of a failed pond and waterfall in Asheville, near the famous Biltmore estate.

Old pond and waterfall

The existing waterfall had failed previously and the homeowners had it filled in and abandoned it. We were contacted to try and revive the feature in the same footprint as the old one.

We were happy to help and recommended installing a Pondless waterfall instead of a pond and waterfall system. The Pondless feature would be easier to maintain for our clients.

Plus their main objective for this project was to hear the sound from the porch.

We will typically recommend a Pondless waterfall to our clients who are not necessarily interested in raising Koi.

Custom waterfall

The Pondless waterfall system will give you the beautiful sound and enjoyment of a water feature with all the maintenance included in having a pond.

With this feature we re-landscaped the project area and installed a new low voltage lighting system, including aquatic lighting so our clients could enjoy the waterfall at night.

Here’s a quick video of the project.

Give us a call anytime if you need help designing or installing a water feature of any kind.

Jacob

Living Waters Landscaping

828-301-8017

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Asheville Landscape Contractor

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We found out this week that I have officially completed the process of becoming a licensed landscape contractor in North Carolina!!

This is an exciting step in the forward movement of our company.

Thank you to all my friends, family and clients who have helped and encouraged me along the way.

Give us a call for your next water feature or landscaping project.

Jacob

828-301-8017