Tour Site Descriptions:
1 - Majestic View Park and Nature Center
7030 Garrison Street, Arvada
This water feature is a pondless waterfall located just outside the Nature Center. It includes numerous labeled wetland plants. Rocky Mountain Waterscape designed and built the 6' x 12' 250 gallon water feature in the fall of 2009. Park in the parking lot, the water feature is located near the entrance to the Nature Center.
2 - Aber Ponds
8046 Parfet Way, Arvada
The Abers have numerous water features and ponds. The front yard has a small waterfall and stream. The back yard has two large ponds and assorted water features. The larger of the two ponds at the side of the house is about 5,000 gallons. It was built in 1995, is 4 feet deep in the center, and contains most of the Aber's Koi. The pond in the back of the yard was built in 2002. It contains numerous hardy lilies and a wide range of marginal plants. This pond also contains Koi, is about 5,000 gallons, and is 2 feet deep. There are also two above ground ponds, one freeform pond, two whiskey barrels, container gardens, and two bog areas. All water features and ponds were designed and built by the owners. Park on the street and and enter the yard through the garage.
3 - Bathurst Pond
7630 Windy Court, Arvada
This yard has a fifty-foot meandering stream that begins at the side of the house, passes under two flagstone bridges, down into the backyard where it falls into a 2,600 gallon pond complete with a bog and wetlands area. There are many marginal plants along the stream and pond edge. The pond also contains several Koi, a large tadpole, and numerous tropical and hardy lilies. The Bathursts' pond boasts spectacular views and scenery. This pond was designed and built by Rocky Mountain Waterscapes. Park on the street and enter the yard from the West gate.
4 - Frisch Pond
7642 Yule Court, Arvada
This water feature has a large rock with water flowing from it into a twin stream. The stream flows into a rather deep 13,000 gallon pond. The pond had to be dug deeper after its initial installation because one side was higher than the other side. To level the pond, it was necessary to dig it deeper. The owners had a sand beach installed to one side of the pond. The pond usually contains giant papyrus and also lotus. Park on the street and enter the yard from the west side.
5 - McColley Water Gardens
15555 W. 67th, Arvada
Located off 67th Avenue between Kendrick Drive and McIntyre Street, the three ponds total about an acre and contain between two and three million gallons of water. They were created in 1994 and are part of the subdivision drainage system. The ponds, constructed with vinyl liners and concrete, were designed to capture and mitigate excess stormwater from the subdivision. The ponds contain a wide variety of lilies, lotus, water iris, sedge, and cattails and are about 6 feet deep at their deepest. They're also home to an active blackbird population as well as frogs, koi, turtles, crayfish, kingfishers, herons, mallards, geese, and egrets. The pond system is driven with four large pumps. Most of the ponds are located along the street, so park along the street and walk to the various ponds.
6 - Thomas Pond
5945 Easley Road, Golden
There is a pondless stream as you approach the house and a very large pond with a large waterfall and stream system feeding into it. The property contained an existing pond when the owners bought it in 2006. In 2007, BR&D Landscape rebuilt and remodeled the pond to make it more accessible and interactive by adding stepping stones, decking, rocks, planters, and the waterfall. Each year more perennials, lilies, and marginal plants are added. The pond contains lilies and Koi. Pull all the way into the driveway, past the gates and house, drive past the attached garage and park in the rocked area in front of the detached garages.
7 - Parson's-Hier Pond
300 Peery Parkway, Golden
What started as a whiskey barrel on the deck being converted to a water feature led to the construction of numerous water features. The first pond, which was built in 2007, is about 1,000 gallons. It has a small waterfall and is 3 feet deep at its deepest. This pond contains numerous water lilies, marginals, and about 20 goldfish. There is a bog area beside this pond. In 2008, a pondless waterfall was built, followed by the addition of two decorative ponds connected by a small stream that was added in 2009.The lotus and tropical lilies pond was built in 2009 and is about 225 gallons. There are also numerous water container features. All the ponds were designed and built by the owners. Park on the street and enter from the east gate.
8 - Pflug Pond
5450 Indiana Street, Golden
This large pond is about 18,000 gallons. It was originally constructed in1998 and reworked by BR&D Landscape in 2005. The 2005 work included adding an extensive wetlands filtration system and various rocks. The pond depth averages about 2 feet but at its deepest is about 4 feet. It includes a variety of lilies and Koi. Pull into the driveway, past the gates, and park on the driveway along the fence.
9 - Trefz Pond
14998 W. 57th Drive, Golden
A waterfall flows into a lighted 80 gallon wetlands area that continues along a 15' river rock stream and feeds into the pond below. The filter and wetlands area contain various types of plants including water lettuce and chameleon plants. The pond is approximately 1,000 gallons and contains several types of hardy and tropical water lilies, blue pickerel weed, and a double marsh marigold. This pond has no fish. It was remodeled in March 2009 by Sa Bell's Enterprises. Park on the street and enter through the east gate.
10 - Larson Pond
14888 w. 57th Drive
A smaller waterfall feeds into a large stream that winds along the property line and feeds into a 1,600 gallon pond. A stepped waterfall cascades directly into the pond below. The pond was constructed in 2009 by Hector Mendoza using a rubber liner, river rock, and flagstone. The water feature was designed by the owners and Hector Mendoza. It is a relatively new pond, so it is a work in progress and the owners plan to keep enhancing it by adding plants and possibly fish in the future. Park along the street and enter through the west gate.
11 - Funk/Martinez Ponds
14837 W. 57th Drive
There are two ponds, one in the lower yard and one in the upper yard. The larger pond is fed by a waterfall and includes several types of marginal water plants, hardy lilies, and numerous Koi. The larger pond is approximately 2,200 gallons and the smaller pond is approximately 940 gallons. The ponds were constructed in October 2004 and May 2005 respectively by American Design and Landscape. The lower pond was remodeled and a wetlands filter was installed in May 2010 by Rocky Mountain Waterscape. Park along the street and enter through the east gate. The picnic begins here at 5:00!
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