Design Options – Masonry Pond & Waterfall

 
Step-by-Step:
 
 

Because so much of the cost of quality landscaping is what you don't see...

Masonry pond and waterfall
Masonry Pond & Waterfall

...We'd like to share with you the step-by-step process of how a complete installation is done. From the drainage to the pond and waterfall, here are a series of photographs with brief captions explaining each phase of work.

STEP ONE:
Excavation and set-up of pond basins
Excavation and the set-up of the pond's skeletal structure (a grid of 3/8 inch diameter rebar and wire mesh). 

STEP TWO:
Mixing and troweling the product to a depth of no less than 5 inches.

Mixing and troweling the product to a depth of no less than 5 inches.

 

STEP THREE:
Troweling product on pond basin

Building the skeleton of the primary falls (this can be done in a number of ways).

 

STEP FOUR:
Mortar your rocks and boulders into place.

Mortaring rocks and boulders into place.

Of course, the project only really comes alive once the plants have made their home around it!
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