Make a Splash with Water Features
Your residential customers want to create relaxing, natural environments around their homes. The best way to accomplish this is with moving water in outdoor spaces. Commercial venues seek open and friendly environments, which can be incorporated through water in motion. You can satisfy these by offering, installing and maintaining water features for your customers.A water feature can be an indoor or outdoor accent that incorporates water, and is applicable in both small residential settings and large commercial properties. By offering a variety of affordable water features, you can add value to your business and to your clients.
Water features have long been a popular design element. Water naturally softens hardscape environments, and many people view water as a sign of comfort and prosperity. The 2011 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Residential Trends Survey revealed that about 85 percent of survey participants rated decorative water elements or accents, such as ornamental pools and waterfalls, as desirable outdoor living features.
The value of water features
• Aesthetic appeal. Create a positive experience with the sight and sound of a water feature. A
pond or water garden provides a relaxing and attractive space, and the sounds of a water feature
can mask noise pollution. A water feature also can help bring Mother Nature to your client’s yard,
with the appealing sight of waterfowl, deer and other wildlife adding a welcome value.
• Increased property and curb values. The visual appeal of
water can help to create a prized property, whether it’s a pond
on a golf course, a backyard fountain, or a vanishing water
feature in an entryway.
• Recurring business. Strengthen your relationships with your
clients by upgrading or replacing the working parts of their
water features—filters, pumps, aerators—after long use. Proper
care and treatment is necessary for the water quality in ponds,
as well. Applying management supplements and additives can
keep water clear, clean and friendly for fish and plants. Preventing
algae blooms, weed growth and organic buildup is important, so
extend your clients’ satisfaction by offering to maintain their
water features for them.
• Aesthetic appeal. Create a positive experience with the sight and sound of a water feature. A
pond or water garden provides a relaxing and attractive space, and the sounds of a water feature
can mask noise pollution. A water feature also can help bring Mother Nature to your client’s yard,
with the appealing sight of waterfowl, deer and other wildlife adding a welcome value.
• Increased property and curb values. The visual appeal ofwater can help to create a prized property, whether it’s a pond
on a golf course, a backyard fountain, or a vanishing water
feature in an entryway.
• Recurring business. Strengthen your relationships with your
clients by upgrading or replacing the working parts of their
water features—filters, pumps, aerators—after long use. Proper
care and treatment is necessary for the water quality in ponds,
as well. Applying management supplements and additives can
keep water clear, clean and friendly for fish and plants. Preventing
algae blooms, weed growth and organic buildup is important, so
extend your clients’ satisfaction by offering to maintain their
water features for them.
Ewing offers a wide array of options, such as fountains, water gardens, pondless waterfalls, even lakes and pond aerators and fountains for larger properties. Many of these designs are available in pre-engineered and packaged kits, or as component products to satisfy any client preference and budget.
Get Your Feet WetEwing also offers Aquascape’s Get Your Feet Wet kits—three affordable, basic water features that are simple to sell and simple to install. You can learn how to effectively and profitably install a fountain, pondless waterfall, and a small pond. Get Your Feet Wet is designed as a tool to grow your business with the addition of water features.
Building business with water features
Water features present an excellent opportunity to expand your business offering. Bring your current customers another reason to appreciate your business, attract new customers, and separate yourself from the competition by installing and maintaining water features. Visit your nearest Ewing location to learn more about water feature products and to keep up with product specials.