If you have an issue with string algae or green water in your pond then the IonGen Water Clarifier System is the one addition to your pond or water feature that will solve it for good.

We have installed this system for the Gosford Shire Council at the Edagowa Japanese Gardens in their 200,000lts plus koi pond and the results have been dramatic – The staff report that they have never seen the water so clear and all issues with string algae were solved after 1 week of installing the system.

Works just as well in small garden ponds, swimming ponds and contemporary water features.

Visit out store for more details.

Carmel from the Peregian Kindergarden on QLD’s Sunshine Coast visited us last year at the QLD Garden expo and immediately decided she would like a pondless creek for the kids to interact with. No cement drain but a feature that the children could play in and that would develop their connection with nature  and in line with the recent movement in education that encourages children to explore actions, boundaries and consequences.

With this in mind we created an 18 meter Pondlless stream with water taps and an old fashion hand pump for the kids to play with. During construction we made sure that there were plenty of solid entry point and the rocks were all chosen and placed knowing that the whole feature would get lots of trafic from the kids. The stream has no water deeper than 5 cm and it drains completely when turned off. There is a 3500 lt underground reservoir with pumping station which will also be plumbed in to collect rainwater from the roof.

There was a test run with a group of 15 preschoolers last week and the results are in – AWESOME!!  Only complaint…. a green tree snake turned up and was chased up a tree by the kids -under the watchful eye of the parents of course.

Waterscapes is looking forward to more installations like these.

First of all the above pic is a little pondless we did this week on the Sunshine Coast – Thanks Jocelynne for letting us create your Christams present for you.

Our latest stock has arrived and  we have all items plus more.

This season we are introducing the  Aquascape Iongen Water Clarifier System to Australian pond owners.

This is a simple but very effective system that will control any string or green water algae in a pond or stream or swimming pond.

Look for it soon as we put up the details in the shop.

A safe and happy Christmas and New Year to all.

We are back into work after our eclipse break – Mitch is in Melbourne this week  heading up support  on a DIY pond project. Phil and Guy are finishing up some smaller projects in readiness for next week when we start a 45m x 30m swimming lake with wetland filtration.  Over 1400 m2 of EPDM Pond liner and 90 ton of boulder going in this one. Tree trunks will be incorporated into the edge finishing and there will be plenty of habitat for frogs and wildlife. We will post some progress pics.

Its been an incredibly busy spring season so I apologise for not keeping up to date here.

That said, this is a short one – here is a link for the video of the pondless creek systems we created  at Daisy’s Place Restaurant on QLD’s Sunshine Coast.

This project has matured well over the 7 months since completion with moss naturalising on the rocks in the streams and the plantings really becoming the mosaic  we planned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RajNsngWH0

2012 Qld Garden Expo Best Installation Display.

Well the four days of hard prep have been rewarded with the Gold Award this year. We are just happy to be able to show what we can do… so a very big thank you to the judges and also to the other contestants for their recognition and support.

Thanks also to Mitch and Rick for their great effort and creativity in bring the design together.

Waterscapes Australia will be at the QLD Garden Expo next week on the 6, 7 and 8th of July in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast and today we started the creation of a waterscape with pond , waterfalls and a pondless waterfall.

Mitch and Rick are doing a great job, the photo is of  todays progress – skimmer in place, pond terraces dug and waterfall drops excavated. We are looking forward  to showing just what we can do in 4 days.

If you can visit the expo it will be a great three  days and it looks like the weather will be perfect . There will be  some great speakers and very knowledgable people in their field in organic gardening, rain harvesting and ornamental plants plus much more.  Hope to see you there, we will be in the landscape section just in the front gates.

This June we are excited to be working with “The Natural Foodstore” at Forest Glen on the Sunshine Coast to install a flow form in the new garden center/cafe. We will announce the June date shortly.

Whats a Flow Form you ask?
Flowforms are cascades of water that aid in the reoxygenation of water to restore it to as close as possible to its mountain stream state. They work as a sort of living lung, aiding the aerobic micro-organisms to break down the “unwanted matter” in the water.

The action of the water is to fold oxygen into itself.
Flowforms by design, emulate the swirls and vortices of the mountain stream, enabling water to reoxygenate, revitalise and rejuvenate, bringing it back to its more natural state.

We will be incorporating the Flow Form with a natural pondless creek as a transition and there will be edible and native plants along its edge.

Now we create natural creeks that act as flow forms all the time. The Flow Form to be installed at The Natural Foodstore is a collection of amazing ceramic bowls that swirl the water in a clock wise and anti clock wise form just like the infinity symbol. This is used a lot in Biodynamic farming.

The Natural Foodstore is a long standing bastion of Organic Food on the Coast and my family have appreciated and shopped there  for years. We congratulate the visionary owners on supporting local farmers and on the new premises and organic cafe.
If your near the Sunshine Coast please keep posted for the install date, your welcome to drop in and you may be surprised who you find there on the day.