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365 TOUR DE PONDS®!

You are invited to the 365 Tour de Ponds®! That's right: 365 days a year most of these waterscapes and ponds are on display, open to the public. Stop by when it's convenient for you!

Tour etiquette:

Please do not upset landscaping in and around the water features

Please leave things exactly as they were before you arrived

Please do not pick up anything (i.e., rocks, plants, wildlife, fish, etc.)

Please do not throw anything into the water features

Please do not feed any of the animals you see

Please help your children to understand this protocol

Thank you!

Scottsdale Community College

9000 E. Chaparral Rd.

Scottsdale, AZ  85252

Library Quad

This feature was designed and installed for the main purpose of being a large endangered fish refugia.  Three ponds connect through a series of short streams, providing habitat for the endangered fish and amphibious life.  Installed 04/11.

Westminster Village Retirement Community

12000 N. 90th St.

Scottsdale, AZ  85260

This entry feature replaced a retention basin with our HOA-approved rainwater harvesting system.  The water storage is underground!  A constructed wetland filter pours into a 15’x18’ pond, which in turn “disappears” into the rocks at the bottom, making this a super low-maintenance debris removal system.  Installed 06/11.

Harper's Nursery

2529 N. Hayden Rd.

Scottsdale, AZ

480-946-3481

This is a cute little 10’x15’ pond with about 10’ of stream.  This 65-year-old nursery hosts a coffee bar, as well as an antique, art & furniture store.  If you’ve never seen it – it’s definitely worth the visit!  Installed 2004.

Harper's Nursery

1830 E. McKellips Rd.

Mesa, AZ

480-964-4909

 A waterfall spills into a split wide stream and feeds a 15’x15’ pond, greeting each and every patron upon arrival.  Fabulous nursery, antiques, garden furniture, and art.  Need we say more?  Installed 2006.

Linden Tree Nursery

19644 N. 111th Ave.

Sun City, AZ  85373

623-566-2248

The West side’s newest nursery and antique store!  A 12’x20’ pond with waterfall and a “pondless” stream grace the interior of this expansive nursery.  Installed 2009.

The Phoenix Zoo

455 N. Galvin Parkway

Phoenix, AZ

602-914-4324

The features are just inside the front gate, after you have paid admission.  Once inside the entrance, look to your left to see a lovely pondless waterfall constructed of Jesse Red Boulders.  To the right is a large Koi pond fed by a dual-stream system and successfully filtered by a constructed wetland.  Thousands of children and adults are mesmerized daily by the flowing water and dancing Koi.  This has become a very popular exhibit.  The fish are chased by herons and fed “treats” daily.  Those are some wily fish!  Installed 2006.

The Regents at Scottsdale

15555 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(480) 614-6500

Located at the center of the complex, this feature is built within a storm water retention basin.  The catchment is the entire northeast parking lot of the apartment complex.  Storm water is “scrubbed” by flowing through rock, gravel and constructed wetland filters as it makes its way to the sistern at the lowest point in the basin, keeping the fish and amphibians that reside within this living water garden happy and healthy.  Over 100 tons of boulders and rock were used to construct the 6 waterfalls and babbling brooks.  Installed 2008.

Mesa Community College

Red Mountain Campus

2305 N. Power Rd.

Mesa, AZ

This stream is a rainwater harvesting/storm water control project, as well as a native Arizona riparian habitat.  This stream is maturing nicely!  Installed 04/10.

Paradise Valley United Methodist Church

4455 E. Lincoln Dr.

Paradise Valley, AZ

This re-circulating stream graces the church's Biblical Garden out front.  This welcoming property is always happy to see visitors.  Installed 2009.

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Office

4341 E. Broadway Rd.

Phoenix, AZ

The entrance to this building displays a lovely 10-year-old 11’x16’ pond with a double-drop waterfall, which was built in one day by a Build-A-Pond class.  This pond shows off some terrific boulder work.  Installed 2001.

Holdeman Residence (The Pond Gnome)

22767 N. 104th Ln.

Peoria, AZ

This little wildlife refuge is home to a myriad of families, including native and migratory birds.  The front yard feature is actually an HOA-approved rainwater harvesting system!  But it's a perfect example of a re-circulating stream.  The origination point is a pond fed by an updraft system to create a reflecting pool, complete with lilies and fish.  It’s a real show-stopper in the neighborhood, and enjoyed by children and parents alike!  Installed 2009.

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Last modified: 01/17/12