Here’s a video of the construction process for the koi pond and waterfall we just finished.
Check back later for more photos and videos of the finished product.
Thanks
Jacob
Living Waters Landscaping
828-301-8017
Tag: stone work
Building a Pond, Part one
This month we have been working on building a decorative garden pond in Hendersonville, Nc.
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.
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.
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.
As we are still working on this system, please check back soon for some finished project photos and videos.
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
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New 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.
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.
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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Rock Balancing Art
Today I took a walk with my daughter into the woods to relax, enjoy each other’s company and get into nature.
We ended up balancing some rocks at a popular swimming hole.
It was an amazing time. Taking a day off of work to spend some important time with my daughter.
We started off picking some wild blueberries. Then strolling down to the river, we ate some lunch and enjoyed the waterfalls.
It was a great time. Balancing stone is an amazing meditation and relaxing art form.
When we finished we discussed if we should knock them down or not. We decided to leave them up. Then we hiked up to the top of the waterfall and as we looked down on our rock balancing we saw people hiking in and taking pictures of our work. Then we noticed people engaging with what we did. Some tried to balance their own rocks, one guy balanced a rock on top of ours. It was a beautiful thing.
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Koi pond and waterfall
We just finished this really fun project in Burnsville, NC. Our clients had an existing Koi pond that was failing. It was an old wooden structure the retained the pond.
We talked about options to fix the feature and deck that a rebuilt was needed. So we made plans to create a new outdoor space around the pond. The finished design incorporated a new dedicated Koi pond, a Pondless waterfall, stone stairs and a dry laid flagstone patio.
The pond ended up being 10×15 ft by 6 ft deep. We installed a rotating drum filter with a moving bed biological filtration system. This filter is top of the line and automatically cleans itself!
Below the pond we installed a Pondless waterfall with a Filtrific filter. We installed this waterfall seem as it flows out of the pond, but it’s a separate system.
We also installed a stone slab stairway that wrapped around the pond and leads you down to the lower waterfall.
There is a stone bridge over the falls that makes a great feature.
It was an amazing project to be a part of. And I’m very thankful to be able to work with such awesome clients!
Here’s a quick video of the project.
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