Reflection pools, spillways, pondless waterfalls and fountains — built to run clean and to be shut down properly each autumn.
Water is the one element in a garden that works on hearing as much as sight. A spillway masks road noise more effectively than any amount of planting, and a still pool doubles the sky on a property that has one worth doubling.
It is also the element with the most that can go wrong. Circulation, filtration, make-up water, and a freeze cycle that will find any detail not designed for it. We build water features to run quietly and clean, and to be winterised without drama.
Reflection pools and still water
A still surface asks for precision — a level edge, a dark bottom, and enough depth that the reflection reads rather than the floor. Well built, it is the quietest and most architectural water you can put in a garden.
Spillways and waterfalls
Weir detail determines whether water sheets cleanly or breaks into a dribble, and it is unforgiving of a few millimetres out of level. Flow is sized to the drop so the sound sits where you want it — audible from the terrace without having to raise your voice over it.
Pondless features
The movement and sound of a stream with the reservoir buried in a basin below grade. No standing water, which matters on properties with young children, and far less maintenance than an open pond.
Circulation and winterisation
Pumps and filtration sized to the volume rather than to the smallest unit that will move it, and access designed for the person who has to service it. Every feature is detailed to be drained and shut down before the first hard freeze.
What’s included
Scope of work
- Reflection pools and still-water basins
- Spillways, weirs and waterfalls
- Pondless streams and basins
- Architectural fountains
- Circulation, filtration and equipment housing
- Autumn shutdown and winterisation