2012/9.1, September 5 — Integrated Views, Pond Fixes, Balboa Park and more

ESSENTIAL

Integrated Views

A spectacular site is often the foundation for extraordinary watershapes and landscapes, observes Melanie Mackenzie – and that certainly proved to be the case with this project. As seen here, she built upon elements suggested by the site and its surroundings to develop a fully integrated approach that ties the front and rear yards together in ways that delight the eye, cheer the spirit and encourage the contemplation of distant horizons.

This article, originally published in August 2007, has been digitized for all readers. To access the full text and images, click here.

PONDCRAFT

When Ponds Leak

It’s a simple fact: Even the best-laid pond will sometimes spring a leak. When that happens, writes Dave Kelly, it’s time to proceed through the entire system from end to end to ensure that whatever repairs you make will really do the job. [more]

WATERSHAPES.COM

Navigating Our New Web Site

Here’s a quick tour to the features of the brand-new WaterShapes.com web site, including the pull-down toolbar as well as other new features found on the home page. It’s a new beginning –and the springboard to a great future! [more]

VIDEO GALLERY

Blast from the Past

For generations, pool-industry marketers have looked for ways to reach out to consumers, says Vance Gillette. That’s why this old video caught his eye: It may be grainy and faded, he writes, but its message is as current as today’s news. [more]

WATERSHAPES WORLD

A Full Plate

The early part of the year was filled with action on the education front, notes Jim McCloskey –and it seems that the seeds planted then will be bearing wonderful fruit in the form of three big events taking place this September and October. [more]

RIPPLES

TRAVELOGUE

A Walk in the Park

San Diego’s Balboa Park is a treasure –one made all the more special for watershapers, reports Jim McCloskey, through the presence of a great fountian and, even more so, a huge lily pond teeming with plants, fish and amazing stories. [more]

WATERSHAPES CLASSICS

Chromatic Virtues

In September 2002, David Tisherman began his ‘Details’ columns with a simple declaration: Color is amazing. Was this news to you ten years ago? [more]

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Many water-related stories have been in the news of late — including reports connected to the three questions below.

1. At the 2012 Paralympics in London, swimmer Victoria Arlen initially was ruled ineligible to participate by the International Paralympic Committee because, according to a report on USAToday.com, “Arlen’s impairment no longer fit a classification for competition.” That IPC decision was reversed on appeal, andthe swimmer was deemed eligible. What country is Arlen representing?