Project Highlight: From Water Feature Disaster to Hill Country Dream

When Vicki and Jeff moved into their New Braunfels home, they expected to enjoy the relaxing sights and sounds of a beautiful backyard water feature.

Instead, they were left with a leaking mess and an eyesore (shown in the photo above).

What was supposed to be a waterfall turned into a series of stagnant ponds that couldn’t hold water and became a breeding ground for mosquitoes, frogs, and frustration.

In fact, when our team first saw it, it was one of the best water feature failures we’d ever encountered.

But every great transformation starts somewhere.

Working closely with the homeowners, we completely reimagined the space into a natural-looking Hill Country water feature featuring massive boulders, cascading split waterfalls, a custom stone bridge leading to the garden, and a mortared patio built right into the feature so they could sit back and enjoy the sound of trickling water (see after photo below).

Vicki generously shared her story with us in a video interview.

Watch her story and see photos from the transformation process in our latest blog post!

Annual Austin Pond Tour

This year, we’re fortunate to have four past clients cheerfully participating in the 2026 Austin Pond Tour. It’s an open-house style, self-guided tour featuring ponds and water gardens all over the Austin area the weekend of June 6-7.

Come out and see some of the incredible work we completed over the past year.

This particular project is on Sunday’s list, and includes a 120’ stream, a 4’ deep koi pond, wetland filtration, and a 6,000-gallon water storage basin — all surrounded by beautiful landscaping and native plants.

Our team will be on site all day, and you’re welcome to come sit in the shade and talk ponds with us.

Looking forward to seeing y’all soon!

Does your water feature need a service?

Contact us today to get on the books!

Exciting Project in the Works

We’re gearing up for the hot season and have a cool new project in the works! We are partnering with Craft Outdoors to bring this incredible vision to life in the hills of West Austin.

It will feature big boulders and wetland filters. Everything is in this water feature is custom, with a budget that allows Eric to slow down and make every detail look beautiful.

We love projects like this where our artistry can shine through. It’s going to be an exciting process seeing it come to life.

Thank you for supporting our family business so we can continue to do the work we love!

In Service,

Ana, Eric, and The Stonebridge Team