Water features · Henrico County, VA
Pond and water feature builder in Henrico County, VA
Jordan's Water Garden Solutions builds and services koi ponds, pondless waterfalls and fountainscapes in Henrico County: Short Pump, Glen Allen, Tuckahoe, Innsbrook and the neighborhoods between them. Jordan Blanton, an Aquascape Certified Contractor, designs and builds every one. Koi ponds start at $275 per square foot, pondless waterfalls at $2,000 per linear foot and fountainscapes at $5,300. A spring clean-out on a pond you already have starts at $925.
$275per square foot, koi ponds to start
Where in Henrico
Short Pump, Glen Allen, Tuckahoe and Innsbrook
Henrico County wraps around Richmond to the north and west, and its West End is a short drive from Jordan's base in the city. He builds new ponds here and looks after ponds that other people built.
Short Pump
Water features in Short Pump, VA usually start with a conversation about sun. If your yard is on a newer street with young trees, the pond sits in open sky, and open sky means warm water and fast algae in July. Jordan plans for it with lilies for shade, a biological filter sized for the heat and a waterfall that never lets the water sit still. Full sun is also what makes the surface sparkle at six in the evening, so nobody is giving it up.
Glen Allen
Jordan builds water features in Glen Allen, VA for families who want somewhere to walk out to after dinner: a pond with a few koi the kids have named, a stream they can follow down the yard, or a pondless waterfall where there is no room or appetite for fish. A corner lot, a long narrow yard and a wooded acre each get their own drawing, because the sound and the view come from the shape of the ground.
Tuckahoe
Tuckahoe sits against Richmond's western line, about as close to home as Henrico gets. If your yard sits under big oaks, water features in Tuckahoe, VA get shade in August and a carpet of leaves in October. Jordan sizes the skimmer for the leaf load, nets the pond before the drop, and treats the shade as an asset: cooler water, less algae and fish that are easier to keep happy.
Innsbrook
Innsbrook is better known for its office parks, but the streets around it are home to plenty of back yards, and Jordan builds and services water features in Innsbrook, VA the same as anywhere else in the West End. A fountainscape by the patio for the sound, a koi pond for the grandkids to feed, or a clean-out in March for the pond that came with the house.
What Jordan does here
Every service, anywhere in the county
Everything on the service pages is available in Henrico County at the same starting prices as in Richmond. The drive is part of the quote Jordan gives on the call.
Koi ponds
Ecosystem ponds with a skimmer, a biological filter and rock over every inch of liner. From $275 per square foot.
Pondless waterfalls
The sound of water without the pond: a stream and falls that drain into a hidden basin. From $2,000 per linear foot.
Fountainscapes
An urn, a spillway bowl or a stacked slate column running in a small footprint. A single fountain from $5,300.
Water gardens
A plant-first pond: lilies, marginals, a log edge and a bench, with or without fish.
Pond cleaning and maintenance
Single visits and plans for the pond you have, whoever built it.
Maintenance plans
A year of visits bundled and scheduled so the pond stays the easy part of the yard. Quoted on the call.
Spring clean-out
Drain, wash the rock, vacuum the muck and restart the filters. From $925.
Fall clean-out and netting
Net up before the oaks let go, then a fall service visit. From $725.
Pump repair and replacement
A pump that hums but does not push, or one that quit altogether. Service calls from $275.
Leak detection and repair
Find where the water is going before anyone blames the liner.
Pond upgrades
A waterfall added to your pond from $950 per linear foot. A bowl, wetland filter or skimmer is priced on your consultation call.
Pond care in the West End
What a Henrico pond deals with, season by season
Central Virginia summers are hot and humid, and a pond in Henrico County loses water to evaporation every week in July and August. That is normal. It is also where the weather gets blamed for a leak, or a leak gets blamed on the weather. Jordan tells you how much drop to expect so you know which one you have.
Heat also means algae. Warm water, long days and lawn fertilizer washing in with a thunderstorm give string algae everything it wants. The fix is built in rather than poured in: shade from lilies, a skimmer pulling debris off the surface before it rots, gravel full of the bacteria that eat what is left, and water that never stops moving.
Fall is the leaf drop. Oaks, maples and tulip poplars can fill a pond in a few weeks if nothing catches them. A net in October and a service visit once the trees are bare keep the muck out of the bottom, which is what keeps the pond from smelling in April.
Winters are mild enough that most ponds here run all year. The waterfall keeps a hole open in the ice on the cold nights, the fish go quiet near the bottom, and the pond is still there to look at from the kitchen in January.
And there are herons. A great blue heron will find a pond with fish in it sooner or later, so Jordan builds a deep zone and places the rock so the fish have somewhere to go.
The estimate
How a Henrico estimate works
You get a number before anyone drives out. The calculator runs the same math Jordan uses, and the phone call turns the range into a figure for your yard.
Run the calculator
Pick the project, answer Jordan's five questions and add the size. Koi ponds and waterfalls show a range fifteen percent either side of the base number, rounded to the nearest $500. Fountainscapes show Jordan's fixed ranges.
A free phone call
Jordan walks through the range with you, asks about access and the lay of the yard, and builds the drive from Richmond into the quote.
The site visit
Jordan marks the pond out on your lawn in Henrico, you walk the shape and choose the stone, and the real figure replaces the range.
Questions
What Henrico homeowners ask
Anything else, ask Jordan on the call.
Do you come to Short Pump and Glen Allen?
Yes. Jordan's Water Garden Solutions builds and services ponds in Short Pump, Glen Allen, Tuckahoe, Innsbrook and the rest of Henrico County's West End, a short drive from Richmond.
Is there a travel charge for Henrico County?
The drive is part of the quote Jordan's Water Garden Solutions gives on the phone call. Jordan looks at where you are in Henrico County and builds the travel into the number, so the price you hear already covers getting to your yard.
Do you service ponds in Henrico that someone else built?
Yes. Jordan's Water Garden Solutions cleans, repairs and upgrades ponds in Henrico County whoever built them, including the pond that came with the house. A spring clean-out starts at $925 and a service call at $275. See pond cleaning and maintenance.
How soon can you come out to Henrico County?
Jordan sets the schedule on the phone call. Spring fills first, because every pond in Henrico County wants its clean-out in March and April, so the earlier you call the better the slot. Jordan's Water Garden Solutions books new builds around the clean-out season.
Keep exploring
More from Jordan's
Based in Richmond, working across Richmond, Charlottesville, Chesterfield County and Henrico County.
Estimate calculator
See what your pond in Henrico would cost
A few quick questions, one at a time, and a price range on the spot. Then pick a time for a free phone consultation with Jordan.