Volume 23 | Issue 4
July/August 2018
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What good is a water garden if you can't get close enough to enjoy it? Take Kelly Billing's advice and invest in some "walkable" flora for your waterscape, creating unique patches of beauty that won't be damaged or destroyed by a little foot traffic.
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2018 IWGS Symposium
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Building on the Edge
For the first time since 2010, the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society's annual symposium returns to San Angelo, Texas this September. If you're considering attending this year, Anita Nelson offers a warm Texas welcome and a detailed preview of this year's agenda and activities. COVER STORY
A body of water is defined entirely by its edges, writes world-renowned pond builder and television personality Anthony Archer-Wills. His personal journey along the leading edge of waterscape design lends new meaning and significance to where the land meets the water.
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Mixing Koi Populations
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Tangled in the Food Web
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LANGUAGE OF KOI
In the May/June 2018 issue, Ben Plonski laid out the chief considerations to make when accepting new koi shipments and integrating them into your existing populations. In Part Two of this series, Ben shares his two-week quarantine protocol and provides more guidance on what to look out for in your new shipments of swimmers.
Aquaponics refers to systems that leverage water as the medium for cultivating both plants and fish life. Think hydroponics meets aquaculture. Intrigued? Field expert Ken Rust explains the basics of these systems and takes a look at where this technology could be headed.
Buddha's Desert Escape Kent Wallace recounts all the considerations and precautions he took when he designed a filtration system for an arid, formal pond environment near Las Vegas. A smiling Buddha statue smiles down upon this low-maintenance, mirage-like desert waterscape.
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