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Considering a water feature in your landscape?

Pondless waterfalls are the latest design trend in low maintenance water features.  Their appeal is having the visual and audible benefit of a water feature without the laborious maintenance of a pool that attracts algae, wildlife, and insects.  A pondless water feature also has the benefit of allowing small children and pets to interact with the water without the fear of falling into an open pool.

The key component of the pondless water feature is to have the pump draw its water from an underground cistern-style reservoir, rather than an open air pond.  The water that runs down the fall percolates through layers of decorative rock where it is drawn into the pump.

At Lawrence Landscape, we have taken the pondless water feature design to the next level by incorporating them into retaining walls.  By doing this, we now provide our clients with all the benefits of running water while minimizing the required space that many natural stream bed designs require.  The other challenge with natural stream beds is that most look like volcanoes that all of a sudden appear in the corner of someone’s back yard. With our approach, the water feature co-exists with a natural retaining wall that is needed to define the outdoor space or create a screen of nearby structures.

We have also developed our mechanical system to utilize tried and true off-the shelf components, while keeping them completely out of site.  This has greatly reduced the need for follow-up repairs and replacements. 

 To continue pushing the design envelope, we have started to design spaces that will allow clients to have fire and water features in outdoor living spaces that have restricted space for traditional methods.