One of the Most Soothing Backyard Features.

Selecting a waterfall design depends on your own tastes but it is wise to look around at other projects and photos to compare features and design. Waterfall design should consider property slopes and architecture, connecting ponds or pools and water flow. A common mistake is to build a tall waterfall. While the result may be dramatic, it could appear out of place among your existing landscape. In most cases, a smaller waterfall give you the sounds and visual pleasure you want while providing better balance and harmony with your existing landscape design.

Manufactured landscape waterfalls can be specifically designed to fit your property in just about any material, but the sheer number of pre-made waterfall elements is boggling. Waterfalls use surprisingly little water and energy costs are minimal. The sounds and feeling of coolness they tend to exude are worth making a waterfall part of your landscape design. Here are a few configurations that are available:

• Wall-mounted waterfalls are an excellent choice where space is limited or vertical elements predominate, such as tall urban homes on small lots. Wall waterfalls are self-contained units designed to mount easily on most exterior walls.
  
  
• Pre-made rock waterfalls are available for but their weight makes them difficult and costly to set up. A durable alternative is an artificial fiberglass rock waterfall. Prices can range from $100, to over $5,000.
  
  
• Poolside waterfalls are an excellent landscape feature and most models plumb into your pool circulation system, bringing the feel of a natural spring in a rock outcropping to your pool environment.
  
  
• Modern modular waterfalls include artistic elements that make them focal points in your garden. Stainless steel waterfalls, sculpted copper and other metals direct the flow of water down carved channels and points, making for interesting visual movement and the happy sound of flowing water.
  
  
• In-ground designs are generally more natural looking, utilizing elements like rocks and textured concrete. Lightweight artificial boulders are often integrated into an installation to direct the flow of recirculated water through a labyrinth of gaps and rock faces.
  
  
• Traditional European carved stone corner waterfalls can be added to patios that adjoin exterior walls, adding visual variety to plain walls.

You can effectively combine a waterfall and a pond by using a pre-made rigid pond liner with a built-in waterfall and these are available in many shapes, colors and sizes.

Our professional landscape and outdoor living designers can create, and then build, any type of custom waterfall feature for your landscaping!