What do you love most about your pond?

[Acorn Ponds & Waterfalls]

Did you build it yourself, hire someone or was your pond already there when you purchased the house? Would love to hear any feedback and see photos of your gardens & ponds if you don't mind sharing here.

 

[Lisak1]

We built our own pond, which is one of the things I love the most about it! Every rock is like a memory.

Here's another thing I love about my pond:

 

[sissy]

did it myself 3 times and each time bigger .Thing I like most are aggie and bert (my koi ) thing i hate most are my koi ,they destroy plants ,ate my snails and get big and produce lots of waste

 

[Acorn Ponds & Waterfalls]

Thanks Lisa k and Sissy for your posts. Sissy, you touched on the #1 problem with ponds that we have had to deal with...."The pond is too small". Everyone always want to make it bigger. That is why I always tell people get the biggest one you can afford. Click here to see 14 other pond problems we deal with on a daily basis .

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[Nepen]

I build my own pond. The most fun is to plan it, digging with excavator, put plants in it, get to have bunch of plants, get to see pretty fish, learning from my mistake etc. I could go way bigger and deeper since my liner allowed it but I dont need to right now and have to think of 'what if' my son went in accidentally etc..., next house may be....

 

[Acorn Ponds & Waterfalls]

Thanks Nepen, I love to do all the finishing touches on the water garden/pond too. We use driftwood, rock plants, moss, fish caves, aquatic plants and LED low voltage lighting for add ons & extras. A pond is not complete without a patio to enjoy it from so we offer other landscape design services for our customers here in Rochester, NY as well. Click here to learn about the most common pond building mistakes.

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[Nepen]

we build our own patio and a pergola next to the pond too it's a great place to be to just enjoy the pond!

 

[Acorn Ponds & Waterfalls]

Gazebos are wonderful additions to ponds Nepen, here's one we did two years ago. Click here to see how we installed this ecosystem pond.

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[C-Note]

I love the peacefulness of sipping my morning coffee by the pond while watching the fish. It's such a nice way to set my mind for the day. Then again in the evening, when it's time to let go of stress from the day... my pond is there ready for me! Although sometimes my pond IS the stress, when water issues or health issues arise. Then it's "all hands on deck" to get things back under control.

 

[Acorn Ponds & Waterfalls]

I love the peacefulness of sipping my morning coffee by the pond while watching the fish. It's such a nice way to set my mind for the day. Then again in the evening, when it's time to let go of stress from the day... my pond is there ready for me! Although sometimes my pond IS the stress, when water issues or health issues arise. Then it's "all hands on deck" to get things back under control.

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I agree C-Note, mornings & evenings are lovely by the pond and looks like you have a good size pond. Your fish are beautiful!

 

[Troutredds]

Welcome to the site, Mr. Acorn. Your posts have so many links that it seems you are most interested in free advertising for your business and aquascape products.

 

[tbendl]

I agree C-Note, I love my mornings and evenings by the pond. I wonder what I used to stare at when it was an ugly hole in the ground....
Oh that's right, an ugly hole.
This is so much more relaxing!

 

[Becky]

Thanks Lisa k and Sissy for your posts. Sissy, you touched on the #1 problem with ponds that we have had to deal with...."The pond is too small". Everyone always want to make it bigger. That is why I always tell people get the biggest one you can afford. Click here to see 14 other pond problems we deal with on a daily basis .

As @Troutredds rightly points out, your posts come across as very spammy considering you have just joined our community. Please bear in mind that at the touch of a button I can flag you as a spammer, and this will flag you up to other forums across the web. If you are here to participate and help other people without self-promoting, then that is fine. If you try to promote your own services again, then you know what will happen!

 

[Acorn Ponds & Waterfalls]

Sorry Becky and Troutredds for the appearance of being spammy. I honestly would love to hear feedback from people that are happy with their ponds and enjoy the lifestyle. Their testimonies would be such a relief. There are so many that think of ponds as high maintenance and nothing but problems. I am not here for self promoting, I would like to help promote the whole pond lifestyle and allow people to see that water gardening doesn't have to be high maintenance and that others take a lot of pleasure in the whole experience. If there is someone who is not enjoying their water garden, I would love to help if I can. Feel free to call me at 585-442-6373 if you have any questions and talk to me personally. My name is Tom Warmerdam.