Building a Rock Waterfall - How to Make a Natural Wonder

Video - Building a Rock Waterfall - How to Make a Natural Wonder

You probably came across our video by searching for How to build a rock waterfall or something along the lines of making your rock selection when building garden waterfalls by the pond advisor.

0:00 Building a rock waterfall
0:50 These are the spillway stones
3:16 Questions regarding rock waterfalls
3:40 Feature or character rocks
7:33 The best location
8:49 Framing rock

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[MrStevebeech]

Excellent and informative Mark 👍 I see and totally get how you look at the stones. Mine spoke to me as I was building, so what your saying is totally true. I do love the way you wish to help others. If I ever meet you I will buy you a pint 🍻

[bradparker]

I agree Mark with the position of that frame Rock. It creates a light pocket if wanted

[cryptophilphil]

Fantastic. I want to build more So many rock ideas....

[bobbyknox]

Definitely wanna see this one finished Mark! Looks awesome already! 👌

[nickbazzett]

Thanks for the video, Mark. Once again putting your passion and artistry on display! Keep ‘em coming!

[charlottewilson]

I really enjoyed watching this video, you’ve given a great insight on how the rocks speak to you. I now know what to look for in a rock a bit more. It’s fascinating how you see the rocks as framing, spillway or interesting stone. Thanks

[BeachLover-knov]

Do u start by using some sort of base for the waterfall rocks? Like maybe cinder blocks for a base so u don't have to use as many good rocks for the build up

[niharazeem]

I really enjoy your waterfall videos. the way you brief al the detailed elements, its really helping me to build my own. could you please make video on small size and very small budget pond and waterfall i really appreciate it thanks in advance

[yanmcrae]

Getting set to build short waterfall. It would be nice for a specific video on design with smaller stones as mine is a one man build and I can only manipulate boulders of 35-50 pounds at best. Love the videos.

[khakicam]

Another great video Mark. Just wondering, what's the approximate flow rate at the end there. Perhaps flow effects related to different flow rates could be another video. Cheers

[philipmcdonagh]

That’s a great insight into what rocks to use and where, I guess it’s all trail and error, after a lot of practice I might be happy with it but probably not 😂

[stuuk]

Right. I'm basically addicted and binging on your videos now... My garden is being relanscaped as I type this and I can see an opportunity for a small wildlife pond and waterfall. Really would appreciate your advice though, my trusted resource! Is it cool just to email you? 👍

[anyat]

My 6 biggest rocks got lost, so I put them on top of other rocks and some of them I put on their side to make them look bigger !

[princessresinista]

I’m placing my rocks today! Thank you for this.

[stacyadams]

I always love your videos so much! You have so much information. And I love the way you make use of space. I know somebody that has carnivorous plants…… 🐸

[atgcain]

Great video mark, i think i will have to re look at my stones now, would like that first stone, a few questions. 1/ Do you look at the rocks when you first pick them from supplier, 2/ Is there a certain size rocks you start with for the pond size and 3/ Would you ever break up a stone to fit or change a feature

[afinkuriakose]

Hi im planning to build a pond on my back yard. I dont know how to figure out the size for pond liner for the pond. Could you please tell me how we can figure out the size of sheet needed for a pond

[jeffsmith]

exactly what I was looking for. Great stuff!
Could you speak up? There's a helicopter going overhead. 🙁

[FaisalKhan-ykoc]

Hi Mark, another great video! Was just wondering the waterfall filter and skimmers etc are all from aquascape which is a American brand, do you sell those products separately as I can’t seem to buy them any where online
Many thanks and keep those videos coming love the channel!!

[brendoncosta]

Hi Mark,

What sorts of rock compositions are ok to use in building ponds?

I have heard all sorts of opinions on this some based on composition and others based on hardness and shape. I have heard limestone is bad as it changes the pH (but seen people use it), sandstone is bad as it is too soft (but sandstone with more quartz is much harder but I have not seen any ponds built from it, I mentioned sandstone because is the most available rock in our area), don't use rocks that can leech chemicals into the water (I heard this about ironstone as well as other igneous rocks but seen it used), common river stone (you call glacial stone) is very round and is not common in most builds except near the bottoms where it isn't visible and seem aesthetically to be a bad choice, and a few old builds using stacked slate or flagstone is now uncommon.

I guess do you have any pointers on how a DIYer can go out and source and select good rocks for a pond build and make sure the selection is ok for a pond with fish (might be different here in Australia than UK but I am sure some tips still apply)?