Water Features: Waterfalls, Ponds & Fountains

Waterfalls in the Garden

Close your eyes and listen.

Water is a life force. Water features bring both the energizing sensation of movement and soothing effect of stillness to the garden atmosphere.

A landscape design that employs falling water might call for the rumpus of a splashing fountain or the soft music of a feeder stream trickling over stones at the edge of a pond.

The splashing sound of a waterfall in the landscape makes a soothing symphony of revitalizing freshness in the surrounding air, and can also serve the practical needs of aerating water for aquatic life in a pond.

The natural beauty of garden waterfalls flowing over over artful rock ledges evokes a sense of wonder.

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What Clients Say

On a spring day, you pour yourself a cup of coffee and go out there, sit out on a rock, watch the fish, listen to sounds of the waterfall. I just think it’s relaxing. It drowns out the noise of the generator of the church next door or any other sounds from the neighborhood… My kids LOVE the fish. My youngest has named every last one of them. She goes out there with the dog and just runs around the pond for hours on end. It’s been great. In the spring the frogs will come in and you’ll see the eggs and then the tadpoles. Some of the fish will have babies. There’s just a lot going on. You’ve got the whole circle of life going on there.

Andy Blocher, Vienna Virginia

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Garden Ponds

Embrace the stillness.

If you take a moment to notice it, the still surface of a pond has a calming effect that brings inner stillness.

Artful landscape design can recreate that effect using a lily pond populated with aquatic plants—or a simple reflecting pool.

Still waters create enchanting, restorative spaces that offer respite from a busy life. Embrace inner stillness as you pause near a carefully designed reflective pond that invites you to slow down.

Garden Fountains

Slip into the moment.

Garden fountains establish unique and captivating focal points in your landscape in a range of styles from classic to contemporary.

No matter how expansive or intimate your backyard space is, our landscape architects craft a sensory experience of sound and feeling finely tuned to please the ear as you enjoy a cooling mist.

From simple a “bubbler” with water seeping over the rim of the vessel to intricate multi-tiered cascades with a fun splash factor, we will craft your fountain design to highlight your sensory experience.