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March/April 2019 US $6.95 TM Water Artisans of the Year P Serving ProfessionalsND in the Pond andTRADE Water Feature Industry www.pondtrademag.com Water ARTISANS of the Year Winners p.9 Location, Location, Location p.42 Digitize Your Vision p.49 Battle of the New Blooms p.60 Beautifully simple water gardening To learn more, contact our Dealer Support Team at 800-353-3444 or email us at [email protected] © 2018 by Rolf C. Hagen Inc. Laguna is a registered trademark of Rolf C. Hagen Inc. PONDTRADE TMTM Volume 24 | Issue 2 March/April 2019 Serving Professionals in the Pond and Water Feature Industry 55 DEPARTMENTS 6 Upcoming Events 73 Trade News 76 Marketplace 77 Advertisers’ Index COLUMNS 7 Publisher’s Perspective WATER ARTISANS of the YEAR FEATURES 60 9 Introduction 28 Take 5! POND CONSTRUCTION Water 10 The Winners Steve Sandalis tells a familiar story with a one-of-a-kind result: a Artisans homeowner starts with a pondless feature and gets bitten by the water bug. of the Year 21 Meet the Judges Five features later, he's the proud owner of a property-wide waterscape. 23 Honorable Mentions 35 The Trade Show Shuffle Have you ever traveled for business and asked yourself, "Can I expense that?" You'll want to check out this tax advice from expert Mark Battersby. 42 Location, Location, Location 65 There are plenty of factors to take into account when siting water features. Take a gander at Demi Fortuna's checklist to make sure you're covered when determining the best location for your customer's new pondscape. 49 Digitize Your Vision Some people are naturally more visual than others. For customers who can't quite visualize how your new feature will look in their backyard, take Max Taylor's advice and market your work with specialty software. 55 Back to Basics LANGUAGE OF KOI Whether you're new to the koi-keeping hobby or you sell to a lot of newbies, you'll want to check out this Q&A by Joe Pawlak that covers all the highlights from Koi 101. 60 Battle of the New Blooms If you're a waterlily fan, we've got the gallery for you. John Sou recaps the winners from the third annual New Waterlily Competition 49 of the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society. Best Practices 65 In this issue's Best Pond Practices feature, Kent Wallace recounts the challenges and successes of a formal pond build that required collaboration among several contractors. 4 POND Trade Magazine pondtrademag.com March/April 2019 POND Trade Magazine 5 Upcoming Events Publisher’s Perspective TM 2 019 August 21 - 25 Pondemonium PONDTRADE March 2 - 3 The Q Center 32nd Annual Koi Club of San Diego Koi Show St. Charles, Illinois STAFF TA-DA! Del Mar Fairgrounds www.pondemonium.com Del Mar, California Publisher es indeed, it's the moment we've all been waiting for. www.koiclubofsandiego.org September 4 - 6 Lora Lee Gelles 708/873-1921 I so wish we had the print version of a drum-roll app Kichi Koi Atlantic Professional Conference March 22 - 24 Cleveland, Ohio [email protected] to push right about now! Central Florida Koi & Goldfish Show www.atlanticwatergardens.com/apc-day YIt's been quite the year for entries. At first, they were coming in Editor Buffet Avanti Palms Resort Hotel slowly, but once that deadline hit, we got a huge surge of submis- Orlando, Florida October 8 - 9 Jordan Morris sions. I guess we have a bunch of procras- www.cfks.org Your Pond Farm [email protected] Bear Creek Mountain Resort tinators out there. (You can count me May 7 - 9 Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Advertising Sales in as one, too.) Once we started sorting The World’s Finest National Hardware Show http://signup.com/go/QvyuybB Lora Lee Gelles 708/873-1921 Las Vegas Convention Center www.yourpondfarm.com through the entries to hand over to the On-Demand, Las Vegas, Nevada [email protected] judges, they just blew us away. All-Mechanical Koi Feeder www.nationalhardwareshow.com October 16 - 18 I personally enjoyed seeing the Graphic Design ● Choice of five finishes to GIE+Expo response to our newest category, the June 22 - 23 Kentucky Exposition Center Gelles Graphics compliment any pond Pond-O-Rama Louisville, Kentucky hardscape combination with a major [email protected] ● Made in USA - Spokane, WA 19th Annual Garden and Pond Tour www.gie-expo.com water-feature element. In fact, I'm St. Louis, Missouri Accounts Receivable already planning a follow-up article to [email protected] www.slwgs.org November 5 - 7 Lois Spano International Pool |Spa | Patio Expo showcase some of the entries this year. (509) 924-7672 [email protected] August 13 - 15 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Sometimes a waterscape is all you need, www.kichisystems.com IGC Show New Orleans, Louisiana but adding in the creativity of the hard- McCormick Place / Lakeside www.poolspapatio.com Web Editor Chicago, Illinois Grant Gerke scape really brings the whole yard together and allows the many www.igcshow.com [email protected] elements of a contractor's talent to really shine through. We would especially like to thank this year's Supreme Stream WƌĂĐƚŝĐĂůWŽŶĚtŚŽůĞƐĂůĞ Are you attending an event that you think others should know about? Are you hosting an Printer Court for lending their discerning eyes and unparalleled passion event and want more people to come? Send event info to [email protected]. ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶŽĨ Sutherland Printing for what they do to this year's contest. To get to know this great Montezuma, Iowa group of guys, make sure to check out our nod to them on pg. 21. As much fun as we have with the annual Water Artisans of Moving? Let Us Know For your the Year contest, we always make sure to try to balance out each issue with a useful lineup of topics to help you succeed in what If you are moving, please update your address with Free Subscription us so we can update our records. you do. As a frequent attendee of industry events, including the see our 2019 Water Garden Expo, I found Mark Battersby's article (pg. Use the forms from the post office, or drop us an website www.pondtrademag.com tŚŽůĞƐĂůĞΘƌŽƉ^ŚŝƉƉŝŶŐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞŽŶ email at [email protected] with your old 35) quite informative and helpful in trying to figure out what costs ŶũŽŶ͕,Ğůŝdž>ŝĨĞ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕WƌŽĐŽĂŶĚ^ĂǀŝŽƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ and new contact information. or call 708/873-1921 you can and can't expense while traveling for business. ĨŽƌǀĞƌŝĨŝĞĚƌĞƚĂŝůĞƌƐ͘ Max Taylor, who also happened to win the Best Under $15k category this year, lends us his expertise with landscaping software ^ƉĞĐŝĂůĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌƉƌŝĐŝŶŐǁŝƚŚĨƌĞĞƐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ over on pg. 49. Demi Fortuna, a winner in our inaugural contest, Contact Info ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞŽŶŽƵƌĞdžƚĞŶƐŝǀĞĐĂƚĂůŽŐŽĨƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ POND Trade Magazine, ISSN 1949-0585 is a trade POSTMASTER: Send address changes to POND Trade Magazine, provides a detailed strategy for siting water features in any environ- publication of LG Publishing, Inc. Material is selected for its interest PO BOX 2721, Orland Park, IL 60462 POND Trade Mag azine © Lora Lee Gelles, 2019 ment. Finally, for our newbies (and the contractors who deal with sŝƐŝƚǁǁǁ͘ƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĂůŐĂƌĚĞŶƉŽŶĚƐ͘ĐŽŵͬǁŚŽůĞƐĂůĞ to the koi, water feature and pond industries, and the publishers accept P.O. Box 2721 no responsibility for the accuracy of content. Reproduction Advertising Policies: LG Publishing, Inc. reserves the right to refuse to Orland Park, IL 60462 them), we have a "back to basics" feature on pg. 55 that covers all ŽƌĞŵĂŝůŶĂƚĞΛƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĂůŐĂƌĚĞŶƉŽŶĚƐ͘ĐŽŵ rights by written permission only. publish any ad. 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