Rehabing Ponds

Many companies are not willing to rehab an existing pond, I on the other hand kind of enjoy it. To be able to take a broken down water feature and make it like new, and usually better, just feels right. I'm working on one that was starting to fall in on itself, a very common problem. As well as an over grown landscape surrounding the pond.


As you can see the edges were falling in as well as some badly laid flagstone. The water fall was virtually destroyed and there was no true filtration system. There was some archaic out of pond box, but it looked like it had not been cleaned for multiple years.

What I have done so far is to pull every piece of flagstone, recut the edges, and relay all the edge and path/patio flagstone. Along with retro-fitting a compact Savio skimmer and installing a new stream and fountain, things are beginning to look much better.


What was a sloping rough flagstone area is now a multi-level tight laid flagstone patio with plants and boulders positioned within the flag. It has gone over so well the job has almost doubled in size since we started. I will have updated photos as soon as I finish up.

There are so many different "don'ts" in this original pond that I'm not sure where to start. Overall it is just a good example of having a specialist put in your waterfeature. There are plenty of landscapers that can install a pond, but wouldn't you rather have an educated pro install it? Just like a lot of plumbers could do your electric, but wouldn't you rather have an electrician do the work in your house.