365 POND TOUR® EXPERIENCE DISPLAY LOCATIONS
REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA
Exotic Aquatics Headquarters
609 Amigos Dr Unit 1
Redlands, California 92373
This is what set the whole "Tranquility Pond" in motion. If you have a section on your property that is screaming for a waterscape but you feel like the area is just way to small, then this is a must see 365 Pond Tour Stop. The 5' x 7' Tranquility Pond is tucked into a tiny section of the property that normally would be disregarded. This waterscape is designed to be a focal point not only as you approach our main entrance but as a focal point from the interior of the building in front large bay of office windows.
This tranquil waterscape delivers plenty of impact with a waterfall, pond skimmer, underwater lighting, a fish cave and some large specimen accent boulders. Who would of thought you could fit it all into such a small area. To make it even more interesting this this waterscape is a fantastic Japanese Water Garden display that I can assure you, everyone will fall in love with. We even consulted with a Japanese Garden expert to ensure complete authenticity of plant selections, stone statue placement and bamboo fencing! It will blow you away!
Exotic Aquatics Directions:From the I-10 EAST, exit CALIFORNIA STREET and go RIGHT. At REDLANDS BLVD. go LEFT. At NEW JERSEY STREET make a RIGHT hand turn and then make a quick RIGHT at RANCHO DRIVE. RANCH DRIVE will turn left into AMIGOS DRIVE.
Daryl's Pet Shop
860 W. Redlands Blvd.
Redlands, California 92374
 This unique 10' x 14' waterscape, with its 30-inch cascading waterfall, is located 100% above the ground to offer a new perspective on ponds. Exotic Aquatics maintains this waterscape as one of its outdoor showrooms. In addition to a full line of animals, pet accessories, pond supplies, tropical fish, reptiles, aquatic plants, aquariums, dog food and the cutest hand selected puppies you'll find anywhere, Daryl's Pet Shop sells Specific Pathogen Free (S.P.F.) Koi and other pond fish. S.P.F. Koi means that Daryl's Pet Shop has taken the time and effort to ensure that their patrons get disease and parasite free pond fish!
Daryl's Pet Shop quarantines all of their Koi and pond fish for a full three weeks before offering them for sell! Don't purchase koi or ANY pond fish for your pond and jeapordize your prized population from any vendor that does not quarantine! We get dozens of calls each year regarding sick and diseased pond fish. Nine and a half times out of ten the problem can be traced back to a new fish addition to the pond.
In the fall of 2006 this pond was retro-fitted with a back flushable waterfall filter making the maintenance of this waterscape a dream. No more draining the pond completely each year and removing the Koi to clean the gravel! We now have a back flushable biological waterfall filter installed on location. If the shop isn't to crowded with customers ask one of the managers if they can take the time to show you a backflush demonstration. You'll be amazed at how easy this pond filter is to clean!
Daryl's Pet Shop Directions: Take the I-10 EAST, exit ORANGE STREET, turn RIGHT on EUREKA STREET at the base of the ORANGE STREET off-ramp, turn right on REDLANDS BOULEVARD, turn RIGHT on TEXAS STREET, and make an immediate LEFT turn into the DRIVEWAY just past the oil change business.
Stone Solutions
32185 Outer Hwy 10
Redlands, California 92373
This disappearing pondless waterfall was installed in the summer of 2006. The landscaping has yet to mature but you will obviously be able to keep you eyes on this feature through out the year since it is located right on Outer Hwy 10. This waterfall is approximately two and a half to three feet tall and three feet wide. The stream on this waterscape is twenty feet long, with 4500 gallons per hour crashing over a final cascade into the pondless basin at the driveway entrance to Stone Solutions. Any closer to the street and your car would get wet!
Stop in to check out the amazing selection of granite while you are there. Stone Solutions specializes in custom countertops made of the most amazing granite slaps you have ever seen.
Stone Solutions Directions:Take I-10 EAST and exit YUCAIPA BLVD. Make a RIGHT hand turn and then and immediate left onto OUTER HIGHWAY 10 SOUTH.
San Bernardino County Museum
2024 Orange Tree Ln
Redlands, California 92374
This pond has a special place in my heart because when I first dove into building ponds exclusively I toured the Museum and saw a sign that said, "Future location for our pond". The sign was in front of the Discovery Hall, now named The Exploratory Center, and had obviously been there for a long time. When I enquired about the sign no one even knew what I was talking about!
It was apparent to me they need my help. I then decided to donate the water feature to the museum as a way to give back to my community. We built them a 10' x 14' pond with a small waterfall that sets the entry to the Exploratory Center off! Stop by and visit the water feature and see what other exciting things the San Bernardino County Museum has to offer.
San Bernardino County Museum Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, exit CALIFORNIA STREET, turn left on CALIFORNIA STREET and then take a RIGHT on ORANGE TREE LANE.
Century 21 Lois Lauer Reality
1998 Orange Tree Lane
Redlands, California 92374
This disappearing pondless waterfall was built in a Pond Construction Seminar on November 12th, 2005. We had a good turn out that day and built this great waterscape in only five hours! This pondless feature has a 2í tall waterfall and a 20í long meandering stream that disappears just before the side walk.
Whether you are looking for a residential or commercial property, Lois Lauer Reality is a fantastic resource to turn to. As one of only three dedicated commercial/industrial brokerage companies whose headquarters are located within the city limits of Redlands, California. They have had extensive experience in working with the various City agencies, and are well acquainted with the staff, City Council members and Mayors of the Inland Empire cities and communities. Stop by and see this waterscape anytime on our 365 Pond Tour!
San Bernardino County Museum Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, exit CALIFORNIA STREET, turn left on CALIFORNIA STREET and then take a RIGHT on ORANGE TREE LANE.
University of Redlands
The LaFourcade Garden
1200 E. Colton Ave.
Redlands, California 92374
 This 11í x 16í pond with a 50í long stream, believe it or not, was built in one day at a Pond Construction Seminar in early 2004. The Pond Construction Seminar was a kick off point for this once lost location on campus. Weeds once ruled this area and now as you can see for yourself, it is a park-like setting established for events with decomposed granite pathways, vegetable gardens and groomed flowerbeds and lawn.
"The LaFourcade Garden offers students, faculty and community members a quiet place to gather," said Tony Mueller, director of Community Service Learning. It's named in honor of Ron LaFourcade, who passed away last year and whose family includes several Redlands alumni.
U of R Directions:From the I-10 EAST exit UNIVERSITY AVENUE off-ramp and go left. At E. COLTON AVENUE go RIGHT and make a RIGHT at your first DRIVEWAY and make your way behind the Administration Building to the secluded garden!
Casa De La Vista
686 E Redlands Blvd
Redlands, California 92373
This waterscape was built by as a Pond Construction Seminar. This water feature is an 11' x 16' pond with a small 6' stream that brings the whole courtyard alive and is strategically placed next to a fine picnic area. This is a Tranquility Pond for the retirement center.
Casa De La Vista Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, exit ORANGE STREET, turn RIGHT on ORANGE STREET and then take a LEFT on REDLANDS BLVD.
YUCAIPA, CALIFORNIA
Newell Nurseries
34017 Yucaipa Blvd.
Yucaipa, California 92399
 Waterscape Feature One: On June 4, 2005, we built this pond during a community Pond Construction Seminar. The special pond event was significant for our organization, Exotic Aquatics and The Pond Diggers because it marked our five-year anniversary of presenting these Pond Construction Seminars, that are open to the public. Our inaugural Pond Construction Seminar was conducted at Newell Nurseries in 2000. That original waterscape was dismantled when the nursery's parking lot was enlarged. The new 10í x 14í pond features a double-wide waterfall with an 8í stream, and is located adjacent to the Newellís new English-style greenhouse. Newell Nurseries feature 4.5 acres of acclimatized nursery stock, plus distinctive giftware.
Pondless Feature Two: This cute disappearing pondless waterfall is on a completely flat grade butted up next to a greenhouse. With only a small 16î tall waterfall it give the effect of a living stream rather than waterfalls. This waterscape proves you donít need a tall waterfall to have the impact that sound of water has to offer. This disappearing pondless waterfall is also from the fruits of labor provided by the community in the form of a Pond Construction Seminar. If you are in need of pond design ideas, examples of what a disappearing pondless waterfall for your backyard waterfall could be like, a wide variety of landscape plants and a gift for your wife, you can find it all at Newell Nurseries in Yucaipa, California.
Newell Nurseries Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, exit YUCAIPA BOULEVARD, turn LEFT on YUCAIPA BOULEVARD, proceed past SEVENTH STREET, and turn RIGHT into the storeís parking lot, located before SIXTH STREET.
Leroy's Landscape Services
32423 Yucaipa Blvd.
Yucaipa, California 92399
 This waterscape was originally a Pond Construction Seminar built in 2003. Look for the pond's multiple falls, which were designed to be visible from Yucaipa Boulevard. This waterfall was redesigned (possibly an understatement) in an Advanced Waterfall Construction Seminar early in 2004. 6' tall and 6' wide, need we say more? Drive by in the evening for a nice visual display of fiber optic lighting and nightscape lighting.
Additionally, we installed a disappearing pondless waterfall that gives the illusion that another waterfall spills out of the original pond and works its way throught the landscape and disappears just before the sidewalk. This pondless waterscape practically runs onto Yucaipa Boulevard. Of course since this is a landscape service company, these waterscapes and landscape is usually splashed with colorful annual flowers.
Leroy's Landscape Services Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, exit YUCAIPA BOULEVARD, turn LEFT on YUCAIPA BOULEVARD, keep your eyes on the right hand side of the road and if you pass Seven Eleven and hit Sands Canyon you went to far.
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
Jurupa Mountain Cultural Center
7621 Granite Hill Dr.
Riverside, California 92509
In May of 2003 during the annual Green Faire Exotic Aquatics and The Pond Diggers hosted a Pond Construction Seminar at the Jurupa Mountain Cultural Center. What turned out was a wonderful waterfall that spills into an upper catch basin, than turns and meanders down a small stream that flows into an 11' x 16' waterscape that is populated with a healthy population of goldfish, turtles, and aquatic plants. Each spring cleaning the pond has to be timed perfectly because a group of local tree frogs and spade foot toads use this waterscape as a breeding ground and lay literally hundreds of thousands of tadpoles in our little ecosystem.
Located in the extreme heat of Southern California, this waterscape is the focal point for both sight and sound, next to the Jurupa Mountain Cultural Centers Cactus and Succulant Nursery. You literally can find dozens of different exotic plants that you have never seen before. If you are a fan of rare succulants and cactus plants AND are interested in a backyard waterfall or unique pond design, then this is just the pond tour stop for you.
Jurupa Mountain Cultural Center Directions:Take the I-10 WEST, to the 215 SOUTH, to the 60 WEST, take the 60 WEST. The center is on the NORTH side of the freeway. EXIT VALLEY WAY and continue heading STRAIGHT onto GRANITE HILL DRIVE and look for the giant dinosaurs on the right.
Sims Tree Learning Center
111 Appaloosa Ave.
Pedley, California 92346
 This is a wonderful place to stop on the 365 Pond Tour. Not only will you find two ponds on this property, but you will also see several different amazing gardens, rare palms, cycads, fruit trees and even draft horses. Sims Tree Learning Center is open Monday through Friday but is a private business so I recommend that you call ahead of time to be sure they are taking visitors. Sims Tree Learning Center hosts several horticulture events each year and has an specific Open Gardens each month where they are open all day and open to the public.
Waterscape Feature One: This waterscape is a small Tranquility Pond that is no bigger that a 5í x 7í with a small hillside stream that delivers lots of sound for the offices that are close by. This small pond houses some cute goldfish, is located in a heavily shadded area surrounded by palms, ferns, bromeliads and other exotic plants.
Waterscape Feature Two: This is an 11í x 16í pond with a small meandering stream that is in a conservatory greenhouse setting. You will be introduced to a wide variety of exotic plants that you will not find anywhere else locally. Just recently we returned for a photo shoot and we were amazed by the many varieties of orchids and other exotics. Just imagine taros six feet across, a tropical water lily that covers the entire waterscape, tropical humidity and flowering orchids greeting you while you step across the treshold from Riverside into a tropical paradise!
Sims Tree Learning Center Directions:Take the I-10 FREEWAY WEST to the I-215 SOUTH towards Riverside. Merge onto CA-60 WEST towards Los Angeles. Exit RUBIDOUX BLVD. and turn LEFT. Turn RIGHT onto MISSION BLVD. Turn LEFT onto RIVERVIEW DRIVE. Turn STAIGHT onto LIMONITE AVE. Turn RIGHT onto BAIN STREET. Turn RIGHT onto 60th STREET. Turn right onto APPALOOSA AVE.
BIG BEAR, CALIFORNIA
Moonridge Animal Zoo
43285 Goldmine Drive
Big Bear Lake, California 92314
Exotic Aquatics donated this garden pond to the zoo cause; Blue Herons need ponds too! We built this pond as a Pond Construction Seminar event and had a blast doing it! This pond is a 10' x 14' pond with a sharp turn that goes under a large bridge. The bridge along with several fish caves provides shelter for the fish from the Blue Herons, Pelicans and Ducks! Visit the park and see a wonderful array of wildlife.
Moonridge Animal Zoo Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, Merge onto CA-30 WEST toward CA-330 / HIGHLAND, Merge onto CA-330 NORTH toward MTN RESORTS, CA-330 NORTH becomes CA-18 / RIM OF THE WORLD HWY, Turn RIGHT onto CA-18 / BIG BEAR BLVD, Turn LEFT onto PAINE RD / CA-18, Turn RIGHT onto LAKE VIEW DR / CA-18. Continue to follow CA-18, Turn RIGHT onto MOONRIDGE RD, Turn RIGHT to stay on MOONRIDGE RD, and then turn RIGHT onto GOLDMINE DR.
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
Boys and Girls Club
450 S. Sunrise
Palm Springs, California 92262
This is an above ground garden pond to entertain and educate kids. This is a 10' x 14' pond only 18 inches deep and stays crystal clear even in wonderfully warm Palm Springs temperatures due to the excellent balance of a natural ecosystem. A Tranquility Pond for the kids.
Boys and Girls Club Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, Merge onto CA-111 SOUTH toward PALM SPRINGS, Stay STRAIGHT to go onto NORTH PALM CANYON DR, Turn LEFT onto EAST TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, and then Turn RIGHT onto SOUTH SUNRISE WAY.
YUCCA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
Unique Garden Center
56637 29 Palms Hwy
Yucca Valley, California 92284
If you're up for a drive through the beautiful upper desert, visit this 11' x 16' garden pond and take notice of the garden center's drought-resistant plant selection. We built this water feature as a Pond Construction Seminar. We also have a large disappearing pondless waterfall design feature right smack dab on Highway 62 that is a sight to see. We had to bring in a crane to set huge specimen boulders in both the waterscape and the landscape.
Unique Garden Center Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, merge onto CA-62 EAST/TWENTYNINE PALMS HWY/ YUCCA VALLEY.
BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA
Yankee Mini Storage
1020 Western Knolls
Beaumont, California 92223
This water garden pond is a 10' x 14' pond with a 3' tall, 3' wide waterfall design that is positioned in a way to be visible from the 60 Freeway as you speed by at excessive speeds.
Yankee Mini Storage Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, Merge onto CA-60 WEST / MORENO VALLEY FWY toward RIVERSIDE, Turn RIGHT onto WESTERN KNOLLS AVE.
IDYLWILD, CALIFORNIA
Silver Pines Lodge
25955 Cedar St
Idylwild, California 92549
This large water feature is set in the woods of Iydlwild. It is bigger than 16' x 21' and has approximately 25' to 30 foot of streams with multiple waterfalls. Take a drive up the mountain and fall in love with the water feature and the cozy lodge! Stay the weekend! This garden pond looks amazing year round but is especially breath taking when it is covered in snow. This is a Tranquility Pond for the retreat!
Silver Pines Lodge Directions:Take the I-10 EAST, Take the BEAUMONT AVE / CA-79 exit, Turn RIGHT onto BEAUMONT AVE / CA-79. Continue to follow CA-79, Turn LEFT onto RAMONA EXPY / CA-79, Continue to follow RAMONA EXPY, Stay STRAIGHT to go onto MOUNTAIN AVE, MOUNTAIN AVE becomes RAMONA EXPY, Turn LEFT onto FLORIDA AVE / CA-74 EAST, Continue to follow CA-74 EAST, Stay STRAIGHT to go onto CA-243, Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto NORTH CIRCLE DR, Turn RIGHT onto CEDAR ST.
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