As the fall season is winding down, here are some recent photos of the work we did this year.

Here are some new photos of a stream and surrounding that we did back in July. It looks pretty cool.

This pond measures 4ft across 20ft long X 3ft deep.   Waterfalls at one end adds the sound and motion for this project..

No pictures this time. I wanted to chime in on a project that we are doing at the moment. This project is in a development called De Luz in northern San Diego County .

This project is a little different than the previous ones shown in that there are no plants or fish involved.

One 28 ft and one 34 ft long waterfalls is being constructed ending in a swimming pool. This pool will incorporate chemicals therefore plants will not be included in the finished falls. One of the challenges given to us by this project is that not only plants and fish are not being used but gravel also will be omitted. With the absence if these cosmetic pieces special care and treatment must be used in fitting the rocks and boulders together. I look forward to posting the finished pictures soon.

Wow, this was a pretty cool project we did in June. A 50 ft stream into a pondless. A large holding area was built under the end of the stream making it appear as though the water goes down the hill into an existing pond. We also used two barge boulders that have been drilled out to serve as bubbler rocks. The surrounding landscaping includes a putting green and two decks with multiple plantings. I think that in a couple of years this might turn out to be one of our most beautiful creations.

This homeowner in San Diego wanted a focal point at the entrance to the courtyard of their home. We agreed it would need to be small enough that it wouldn’t push out the surrounding foliage, but still large enough to grab the attention of anyone in the area.

A Pondless waterfall was agreed on. Approximately 3ft high, this pondless waterfall was tucked in the corner. Thia made it visible from the front sidewalk and street.

Planning on the future we designed it in a way that as the surrounding bird of paradise plants matured a frame would be created by them. Looks pretty cool.

This pond is over 25 ft from left to right and 23 ft from front to back. With over 10,000 gallons of water an hour going over the falls. It has more than enough ‘wow’ factor. Behind the main waterfall is a bog-type filter which feeds water from the bottom up. Over 70 plants are in the water area, both in the pond and the bog. The project lasted about a week and a half, and was a pretty cool use of the space provided.

The home owner wanted to have the falls low enough to see the house and trees behind the waterfeature. This gave us the opportunity to use some different tricks and techniques.

This recent project was especially fun for us to do. The customer wanted two ponds with streams coming in from different directions on his property. In addition they also wanted a stream connecting the two ponds.

In the end the project had one 65 ft. stream flowing into a nice size pond and a 40 ft. stream with 10 falls ending into a 30 ft. long pond. To connect the two we made a separate stream that doesn’t actually use any of the ponds water, but its own source. In all, the build consisted of over 200 feet of stream, a 30 x 20 foot pond, and another 16 x 12 foot pond. The smaller pond has a bubbler rock as an added feature. LOTS of fun for us.