Koi Ponds
from $12,500Nature-inspired ponds built for serenity and healthy fish — custom filtration, aquatic plants, lighting, and koi-ready depths.
TYPICAL RANGE $12,500 – $30,000+
Koi ponds · waterfalls · streamscapes
Water, drawn into the landscape
Twenty-five years of ecosystem craft for Modesto, Tracy, Manteca, Turlock, and the Bay Area — from the water studio inside Green Lion Landscape.
- 25+ years of water craft
- Four signature collections
- Starting at $9,500
- CSLB #1150882
A studio within Green Lion
Same crew. Same contract. A different craft.
Inspirational Waterscapes is Green Lion Landscape’s dedicated water division — the same licensed design-build crew, focused entirely on the biology, stonework, and sound of living water. Ponds that keep themselves clear. Falls tuned like instruments. Streams that look like they were always there.
The studio runs on its own line, under the same honest Green Lion contract — so a waterscape can anchor a whole backyard build, or arrive on its own.
The waterscape line
Lisa Taylor
(209) 646-4046 info@greenlionlandscape.comDirect to the studio — not a call center. The walk-through is free.
Our handcrafted series
Four ways to bring water home
Still Water · Selah Creek · Hidden Spring · Heaven Fall — starting prices published, everything custom.
Natural Ponds
from $10,500Ponds with waterfalls and streams that evoke rest and renewal — natural stone, native planting, eco-friendly design.
TYPICAL RANGE $10,500 – $22,000+
Pondless Features
from $9,500Falls and streams over a hidden reservoir — the sound of moving water with minimal maintenance and no open pond.
TYPICAL RANGE $9,500 – $22,000+
Modern Features
from $12,500Sleek architectural water walls and spillways with LED lighting and customizable materials.
TYPICAL RANGE $9,500 – $30,000+Starting prices published in the open — every feature is quoted to your site, stone, and vision. The walk-through is free. See all 31 water feature photos →
The full range
Every way water can move
Designed, built, planted, and lit by one crew.
Koi Ponds
Koi-ready depths, bottom drains, and planted edges — a living centerpiece you can feed by hand.
Boulder Waterfalls
Multi-tier falls set in real stone, tuned for the sound as carefully as the look.
Streams & Creeks
Meandering streambeds that ride the yard’s natural grade from source to basin.
Pondless Features
Falls and streams that vanish into hidden reservoirs — all the sound, none of the open water.
Water Walls & Spillways
Architectural sheets of falling water for modern courtyards, patios, and pool surrounds.
Nightscapes & Lighting
Underwater and landscape lighting that keeps the feature alive long after sunset.
Aquatic Planting & Ecosystems
Marginals, lilies, and biological filtration planted so the water keeps itself clear.
Front-Yard & Entry Features
Curb-appeal streams and falls that greet you — and the neighborhood — at the door.
Built like an ecosystem
Maintenance, designed out
The most common complaint about water features is upkeep — so we engineered it out of ours.
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Dual filtration
A mechanical filter paired with a biological plant filter — working with nature to keep a healthy ecosystem and crystal-clear water.
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Hidden natural skimmers
Skimmers integrated into the pond itself rather than bolted outside — completely hidden, leak-proof, invisible in the finished feature.
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Bottom-drain koi ponds
Every koi pond gets a bottom drain, cutting waste and maintenance dramatically while keeping water healthier for your fish.
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Pondless streams
The soothing sound of flowing water with no open pond to tend — creative stream designs over subsurface reservoirs.
In an owner’s words
In an owner’s words
“People walk or drive from around the neighborhood to view, hear, feel… I go to sleep every night with the sound of a waterfall replacing the usual cacophony of urban noise.”
Bob · Modesto, CA
“They did the design — taking my vague dream and making it real… efficiently and at a fair and reasonable cost. The final product is a work of art for all the senses.”
Care & repair
Even if we didn’t build it
Your water feature is a living part of the landscape. We keep it flowing — whoever built it.
We clean and tune filtration systems, fix algae and clarity issues, repair structural leaks, refresh aquatic plantings, and upgrade outdated components — across the Central Valley, Bay Area, and Sacramento regions.
From pondless waterfalls in Tracy to koi pond repairs in Modesto, we restore balance and extend the life of the feature you already love.
FEATURE WALLS — TUNED & RUNNING
Hear it before you see it
Picture the yard with moving water in it
That’s the quote to ask for — Lisa Taylor answers the waterscape line.
Licensed California contractor · CSLB #1150882 · a Green Lion Landscape studio