Pondside Paradise
WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS
About the Project
What started as an innocent pond cleaning led to one of the most rewarding re-builds we’ve been a part of it. After cleaning Susan’s rubber-lined pond in 2018, I offered to show her what a more natural water feature looks like. From there, we hopped in the car and headed down the road to Dover where I toured her through the “Country Manor Pond” (a feature we had re-designed and re-built a year earlier).
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Susan immediately saw the difference and set me loose on revamping her water feature. We started by ripping out the old liner and re-excavating the entire footprint, which nearly doubled in size to a 40-foot-long by 15-foot-wide feature. Enlarging the pond stemmed from an idea to surround the patio with water, which creates a more intimate, enclosed feeling when people are back there.
It also ate into a pathway, which we resolved by building a mahogany bridge to keep the two spaces connected. Spilling into the pond on the other end is a 6-foot-high waterfall with several dramatic drops that occur over a 20-foot run. This feature is deeply connected with the house and creates a very immersive experience of nature from inside. To see that perspective, check out this walkthrough we did with Greg Wittstock, the Pond Guy for his YouTube channel.
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IN SUSAN’S WORDS
“I like to say that my yard went from representing a swamp to Park Avenue. It’s the most relaxing setting you can imagine and I enjoy the beauty year round. I love it all, but the enhanced waterfall is truly the most spectacular day and night. This might be the best stress releaser anyone could ever have.”
— Susan Abrams
Before & After
