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Hawaii Project

Chuck — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:54:23 +0000

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to build a water feature in Hawaii! Take a look at these photos of a custom pond I designed and built using lava rock from the inactive volcano in the background of the property.

Selecting rocks from the lava flow:

Building the Pond

Paradise complete!

Large Scale Residential Pond

Chuck — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:36:29 +0000

This residential pond project has a 25′ x 30′ pond with two 6′ waterfalls pushing 9000 gallons of water per hour into a 10′ x 15′ upper pool.

It then splits into two streams, one running 30′ into the pond and the other one meandering around the back yard 70′ into the pond.

The pond has a 5,500 pound shelf rock candle leavering out into the pond so people can walk out over the pond.

It took two machines and four men three hours to unload and set this one stone. This project boasts 560,000 pounds of soil and 160,000 pounds of stone ranging from dime-size gravel for the streams to 4000 pound boulders hand picked for the waterfalls.

A beautiful view from the kitchen table…

From Start to Finish

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Large Scale Water Features

Chuck — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:26:41 +0000

Two large-scale water feature projects from Aquatic Artists®…

Art School in New Jersey

This large scale project was installed at an art school in New Jersey. In the Spring, students draw from its artistic beauty. Amenities include: two bridges, three ponds, over 120′ of streams, a water wheel, six miniature gnome houses, a gazebo, and five waterfalls.

Residence in Medford, New Jersey

This is a 25′ x 40′ pond with two 6′ waterfalls pushing 26,000 gallons of water per hour! This project was built as a natural habitat for native fish and turtles.

Pond Renovations

Chuck — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:15:20 +0000

Flat rocks, poor water circulation, and ineffective filtration is the reason this green monster had to go! You can see the difference in the water quality. This picture was taken in August (and remember, we don’t use any chemicals).

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This was a 1-day project that transformed the pond into a much more natural looking water feature.

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This was an old concrete formal pond and we transformed it into a natural beauty. You don’t need much room to enjoy a water feature! This was also a 1-day project.

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Lake Renovation in Greenbank, NJ

Chuck — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:42:09 +0000

This riverfront home had an earth bottomed pond that needed some help. The pond had much raw character with an overgrown island in the middle and it sat ten feet off of the rear deck of the house.

We installed a waterfall coming from under the deck and built boulder retaining walls to cover the cinder block walls that were there. Then we terraced and planted the walls to naturalize the area and made a beach area in front of the wall.

The next step was to construct boulder stepping stones out to the island and to landscape the island.

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Stream Transformation

Chuck — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:51:59 +0000

This client had an overgrown stream running through the property. They wanted to improve the area and disguise the unsightly concrete drainage outlet.

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We transformed the area into a paradise. We stabilized the banks with boulders and built waterfalls on the back side. The drainage outlet is now 100% functional and proved a success after a heavy storm hit two weeks after completing the project.