Flora designs water features sized to the property and the way the space is used, planned as part of the overall landscape rather than dropped in afterward. Scale is the first decision, since a small feature near a seating area carries sound without dominating the yard, while a larger one needs distance and room to look right. Placement follows sound and sight lines, so the feature is audible from where you sit and visible from inside the house. Because the feature is planned alongside the rest of the landscape, the grading, drainage, and utility runs it needs are handled in one pass instead of cut in later.

Water features need routine care, including cleaning debris from the basin, checking pump function, and treating water to control algae, with seasonal work on top of that. The amount varies significantly by type, since a pondless waterfall with no standing water is far lower maintenance than a stocked koi pond, which needs filtration management and fish care year-round. Flora can fold this into an ongoing lawn care and maintenance plan, or you can handle it yourself once the system is explained at handoff. Discussing upkeep during design is worth doing honestly, because a feature that outpaces what you want to maintain tends to get switched off and left dry.