Water Gardens

When visiting with a prospective client the subject of water gardens seems to always come up whereas twenty years ago it was seldom mentioned.

Trends in landscaping tend to change from decade to decade but in the case of water related landscaping, interest has only seemed to grow stronger.

The garden industry experts advise us that this rapidly growing field enjoys the lofty level of number one in home landscaping desirable features.

When discussing the possibility of a water accent, I always inform the client that an aquatic garden is certainly going to require more time doing maintenance chores than any other part of their landscape.

If the party has some time that they can work into their schedule for pond management, has a qualified gardener or is willing to hire a specialist, then I will proceed in designing the project using both my ideas and theirs.

Aquatic gardening in its purest form is the blending of water features, aquatic plants, fish and surrounding hardscape, and softscape elements into a level of harmonious existence.

One parting word of caution is to be sure that your designer is well qualified not only in the field of aquatic garden design but that he or she is also able to engineer a concept that will work at your level of expectation.