It was such a treat meeting Laura and Aaron!!! They are sweet, humble and kind! I was just going to shake her hand because I didn’t want to force a hug on her but she took my hand a quickly pulled me into a hug🥰 I am so glad they came to St Charles and that they had fun❤️
What a fantastic day it must of been for you to have met Laura and Aaron she sounds exactly how I would expect her to be very kind and loving I live very near to St Charles and Laura did a great job showing what a beautiful family friendly neighborhood we have! The ponds were so gorgeous a real little pice of heaven on earth … it seriously makes me want to expand my tropical heart shaped pond into a wrap around oasis ❤ a girl can dream 💭🏝🌺thanks for sharing @angelaengler2387!
So kind of the property owners to open their homes to the world of RU-vid so that we may all get a glimpse of their beautiful ponds and properties. Thank you, and thank you Greg and Laura for sharing.
Such a treat to see both of you interacting. My two favorite people on youtRU-vid! Thank you both!!!! It was so fun to watch. The fish feeding was fun. I thought the fish had taken a hurtful bite 😂
One of the things I really appreciate about Laura is that she’s genuinely enthusiastic about all things plants and landscaping. I even think that if she came to my rustic farm gardens, she would find joy in just seeing plants! She’s just that kind of person! Very real and genuine, both she and Aaron!
Not only are each of the ponds beautiful, but also your reaction to seeing and experiencing them are equally delightful. Thank you for sharing all of this with us.
Oh my goodness these are all so beautiful! QUESTION Laura and Aaron, would you ever consider putting in a water feature right outside your kitchen window where your locust tree is dying? It would be so beautiful to have a small water future there! I can’t believe what a gorgeous view these lucky people have from inside their homes! Thank you so much for sharing this with us, I absolutely adore Garden Answer!
Such a joy to meet you and Aaron at Aquascape, which was an amazing dinner and tour! Went to both the ‘extra’ gardens yesterday. Loved Brians garden, landscape around his pond has transformed the backyard! What an oasis. And tomorrow’s video will be absolutely amazing. THAT garden is truly a sanctuary! Your visit is a highlight of my summer. Thank you!
I had the great privilege to go to Brian’s garden this morning and it was astonishing!! Saturday already feels like days ago and I will be going back to Aqualand…it had been on my bucket list for at least 7 years!! I loved every moment! It was a pleasure meeting you as well. Thanks for being a wonderful human being! God bless!!
Oh my gosh!!!! What a dream these ponds are! I had a small prefabricated pond at my last house, I had my husband and son dig it out, and I worked very hard on getting it to look woodsy!! I was so proud of it. We have since moved to a smaller home once we retired. Life has brought me lots if change. I cannot do another pond on my own, so I will just look at others and enjoy them!! Thank you for all the inspiration and joy you bring to those of us that love gardening and nature!❤❤❤😊
Laura and Aaron Thank You for your kindness in every video! Meeting new people it made me cry happy tears because you guys represent such positivity and kindness and class. What a great collab!
I have been looking forward to this video. We just moved to our new property, which has two lakes equalling 8 acres. I have been gathering inspiration to landscape around them for recreational and wildlife, yet beautifully landscaped. So I always appreciate the pond updates and I also appreciate you taking us through the process of starting a garden from scratch since that's what l will be doing. 😊
Oh my goodness, what a blessing to be able to have this opportunity! Well, I’m sure you’ll get plenty more inspiration from Greg’s other videos as well. Best of luck on this endeavor 😊.
What a treat! So much fun to have a pond...... hmmm wonder how Laura and Aaron's mind are dreaming??? Plunge pool at end of the dream stream for phase #3?, seating near the play/game area for when the kids are older? NA you are never going to move...why you have heaven there. Thank you all so much for taking us along.
Thank you Laura and Aaron for this beautiful tour. I especially loved seeing the fish swimming in the streams. That was cool. Loved seeing all the neat water features and especially the views from the houses. I think I could sit out there all day. I’d never get anything done. So cool seeing what could be done in small spaces. Can’t wait to see your ponds expansion. The fish will love it and also the kids. Enjoy your trip.
Those are beautiful yards and so peaceful. Lovely that the homeowners opened their homes to all of you. I bet the aquascape guys are friends with all their customers, they seem like such nice guys.
What an amazing video! The ponds you filmed were absolutely extraordinary, and I cannot wait for the next couple of ponds you filmed on your trip to Chicago. You are such a gracious person, Laura - it’s no wonder people love having you come and visit. Kudos to the Aquascape team for their imagination and STELLAR installations.
All I can say is WOW! 😍 This is why Aquascape are the BEST in the WORLD 🌍👏🏽 Also I am soooo glad, you are on board & going ahead with the stream extension, on your pond! I cannot wait for the content! 👀 I extended mine, by nearly double last year & it was the best thing I EVER did, to the garden! 😍💦
This ☝🏻 I was so worried when the algae bloom happened and she said she might have to reconsider! I was like NOOOOOO, I’m dying to see it!!! So glad it’s back on!
Maybe you and Aaron should start a garden travel blog! Watching someone see all these beautiful scapes for the first time and the joy it brings their gardeners is so satisfying.
I truly wish I would have been able to come and meet you. You were practically in my backyard. I hope you come back someday and I get a chance to finally meet you and Aaron. The gardens and ponds were breathtaking, I have watched the video already twice and I know I will continue to repeat to see everything! Thanks for all the time and effort in sharing with us! 🥰
This video potrays a beautiful vision - I can see why Greg loves his job - and Brian can create masterpieces ❤🎉the homeowners must be amazed at the transformation of their space! I am a huge fan ❤ from Andrea 😊
Loved the video! It was great meeting you and Kevin on Saturday. Living in Chicago, I've always felt limited by space, but these tours showed me how to make the most of smaller lots. Excited for the rest of the aquascape videos this week, even though I was there! - Sarah
Oh my word…so much beauty to take in! Yes! More seating around your pond. Looking so so forward to seeing the next pond etc. Great job of filming, Laura. 🩵💦🩵
Hey Laura, I can’t believe you’re in my hometown…wow, I hope you all have a lot fun 🤩 n enjoy 😊 yourselves (eat as much good food &desserts as you can too!)please 🙏🏼 come back often! 💕🥰💕Girl, u are sooo cool 😎!💕
The landscaping around these ponds are! I am sure that it’s giving you more inspiration Laura. What you and Aaron have done so far is gorgeous as well.
You did a great job capturing these AMAZING spaces, Laura! I am just in awe at each of them. We have a pond on our property that is sweet and great for swimming in, but what a dream it would be to add on to it with waterfalls and boulders… 😊❤
Gorgeous Ponds! Thanks to all of you for taking us along. Such a treat. I’m a water person and these just spoke to my heart. Those fish are loving life! 💕🙏🏻☀️😍🐟🌿🌺💕
It was very nice to meet you at Aquascape! My friends and I had such a beautiful time touring the gardens and ponds. So many nice homeowners. We went home to Iowa very inspired!
Amazing to experience these water gardens through Laura's eyes and camera. Each one so different and beautiful. I feel so far I would be over whelmed if I were there in person experiencing this tour. This was so important for Laura and Aaron to see the possibilities now with their water feature and property. As always thank you for bringing us along.
The properties were breathtaking, and the ponds are phenomenal. The man is genius with pond design. What a fun group to go touring with. Can't wait to see the other videos.
You came at the Goldilock part of the season for us here in Illinois this year... We've had so much rain this season that all the plants look wonderful! This past weekend was perfect with the temperature and sunshine too. We enjoyed getting to meet you both, as well as Kevin and Jacques!! Wish we could have chatted with you a little more, but it was great meeting you, Laura and Aaron. All of you are so kind and great people! We also really enjoyed getting to see all the beautiful and wonderful ponds 😍 My goodness some were absolutely INCREDIBLE!
Thank you Laura for sharing the excitement and beauty of these pondscapes! I have been watching Aquascape and Garden Answer for years. You both have been an inspiration! We live on Burge Mountain in Western NC. My brother has mastered part sun, shade gardening! He built me a pond, waterfall just steps from my veranda. I positioned my indoor living room to enjoy the water feature. We have great views from inside or sitting on the veranda. “Gardening in a Woodland Shade Garden” on RU-vid is my humble contribution to restoring the planet. Much love to gardeners everywhere.
Brian does have a great job! So wonderful seeing you and Aaron out enjoying yourselves in a different setting. The ponds and gardens are spectacular. ☺️
Thank you so much for bringing us along on such a fun, pretty, & inspiring tour!!! I kept watching, smiling through almost of the whole video, just enjoying all the beautiful views, enthusiasm, and kind people! (Special shout out to those who opened their homes and yards to the internet, as well as to you for being willing to film and speak throughout the tour when I imagine a voiceover would have been a much easier option) Thanks again!
This is so fun! Thank you for taking us with you! Love seeing it through your eyes. Did you get so many ideas for your build? you hit a good week, as far as weather. We have had such a hot summer in IL, but have enjoyed cooler temps this last week.
Thanks for taking us along on this trip. 💛💚💙 it! As someone who grew up by a lake and among woods and nature this was a great sight to see. I'm old and a renter but I was already dreaming of how I could create that atmosphere on a small scale. It's not so much about the size but about the plants, rocks and water running that evoke the feeling you get from it.
Hi Guys~ Oh Laura... Thank you for bringing us along on this incredible tour of these gorgeous ponds! I now think I would love to have a pond with koi installed on my property now that I have seen more of what is possible. I love yours & Aaron's pond, but this video has enticed me further. I do hope you & Aaron enjoyed every minute of this trip. Safe travels! Thanks again! 🙋
I'm in just a rowhouse with not much yard. I can't imagine having one of those ponds. How lucky and blessed they are. I'd give anything to have just a small pond!
I had a small backyard and got a formed plastic pond liner with a small waterfall that my grandma's neighbor was going to throw away. So it went into a corner and I called it my grotto. Some feeder fish from the pet store and plants inside and around it. It was great and the fish had natural food, dragonflys showed up the second year...it was magical.
These tours were such a treat! Thank you for taking us along. Remind’s me of your beautiful gardens episodes where you looked at photos people submitted. Do you plan on making any more of them in the future? They were so fun to watch!
Oh wow!!!! Beautiful gardens, and beautiful water features!! Could sit and watch these all day! Thank you Laura &Aaron, and thank you Aquascapes team! Beautiful!!
The second house reminds me of a Frank Lloyd Wright home. The mama's pond was my favorite. Maybe your mama should get a pond for her property. It would be lovely. Also, Laura, your hair looks fantastic!
What a wonderful group of people. Thanks for taking us along! Such beautiful properties! The stream at the end gave me some Laura/Aaron stream vibes. How exciting!
You would not need to vacation anywhere else. The ultimate pond retreat is right in your backyard!!! Thank you for bringing the value of a water feature into our consciousness. This truly is life changing.
Good Morning! 🏝 How exciting & a treat to see other ponds! A great inspiration trip!! I am in love with all those ponds! Thank you to all the pond oweners for letting us enjoy their ponds!! ✈️💦🥰🤩🩵
Oh dearest Laura, you ALWAYS know just what to pull into your videos that make them just right!! How absolutely fantastic for you and Aaron to take us along with you on this amazing adventure!! Thank you!! Many of us would watch you watching paint dry just to experience it along with you 😀. I've had an idea about a little stream water feature in my backyard and these episodes give me courage to go for it.
It was a dream meeting Laura, Aaron and the Aquascape team at the meet & greet! Can’t thank you enough for putting it all together and allowing us the opportunity to say hi and tell you how much you mean to us!!! We’re blessed!❤
It was so much fun watching you and Kevin interact. I can't wait to see his perspective on the same space. I also can't wait to see what ideas you plan to incorporate in your area this fall.
Thank you to the home owners for sharing their beautiful property to Laura and Aron and allowing us to see. Absolutely beautiful. I love the 2nd property with the big windows what a fantastic view to see. But all the property’s we’re beautiful. What a great video to wake up to
Loved each and every pond. I have a teeny tiny pond in my postage stamp size yard. It includes a small waterfall. We love the sound of the water. We tried having fish, but the raccoons thought it was a restaurant. So now we just have mosquito fish. Thank you for showing us all these amazing homes. You did a wonderful job showcasing them. Can’t wait to see the last one.
I love this so much thanks for sharing I love seeing you and Aaron, Kevin and Jacques and Greg, Ed, and Brian all of my favorite gardeners and pond guys! Each pond is lovely and unique to the owner.
Such gracious hosts…. Great to see Kevin and Jacques from epic gardening there also as well as Greg and Brian and the other pond guys. So much inspiration for you and Aaron to pull from. Can we expect to seeing more seating around the pond back at home?😂
This was an amazing tour. Laura are you and Aaron rethinking what you want for the dream stream? Maybe a plunge pool as well or the deep section for the kids to swim more? More seating areas?