When Joan Doyle was a little girl, her Lakeview home featured a fish pond so large and elaborate that she and her siblings named the house after it. “When my sisters and I talk about our old family ...

Vanessa and Richard Crisler designed a pond in their Betton Hills backyard, not for fish, but for frogs, dragonflies, and other wildlife. It is shallow and includes a sandy, gravelly beach along one ...

Dana and Timmie McGehee of Mesa consider themselves outdoor people, but not pool people. So when they planned their backyard landscape redesign, they pictured tropical lushness and resortstyle luxury ...

The Kansas Pond Society tour features 14 gardens, including Botanica and 10 homes. DIY projects like the Hegers’ pond showcase affordable, hands-on landscaping efforts. Tickets cost $10 per carload ...