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This Backyard Water Garden Estate Is INSANE (20,000 Gallons + Gemstones!)
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This Backyard Water Garden Estate Is INSANE (20,000 Gallons + Gemstones!)



Most people are happy with a single little waterfall in their backyard… this property has multiple sheet-style falls, stone bridges, gemstones, and a massive 20,000 gallon koi pond water garden estate. 🤯🐟

I’m Brian Helfrich with Team Aquascape, filling in for Greg Wittstock, The Pond Guy, and I’m here with my friend Matt Hiner from Hiner Outdoor Living to tour one of the largest backyard ponds they’ve ever built.

This backyard koi pond estate includes:
– Approximately 20,000 gallons of water
– Multiple sheet-style waterfalls cascading into a meandering upper stream
– A mid-stream wetland “kidney” filtration system
– An intake bay with FIVE+ pumps and additional jets to push debris across the pond
– Stone bridge crossings and destination boulders
– Award-winning gardens, gemstone and petrified wood displays
– A memorial fountain garden created in honor of the homeowners’ late son

When Matt first arrived, there was just a small 10′ x 4′ pond outside the primary bedroom. The homeowners had a clear vision: sheet-style falls, multiple viewpoints, and a true garden journey. Over four to five phases, that tiny pond evolved into the massive koi pond and garden you see now.

In this video you’ll see:
– How the original small pond was expanded into a 20,000 gallon koi pond
– How sheet-style waterfalls were designed to face the home and patios
– Why the wetland filter is placed mid-stream for crystal clear water
– How the intake bay and leaf basket help manage debris from the locust tree
– How stone bridges, berms and rock gardens create a “water garden estate” feel
– The homeowners’ gemstone, geode and petrified wood collection woven into the design
– A touching memorial fountain garden dedicated to their late son

A project like this, with all the boulders, six pumps, wetland filtration and months of labor, starts in the $350,000–$400,000 range for the pond alone. Every view around this property offers a different way to experience the water.

If you’re dreaming about your own backyard koi pond or water garden, use this as inspiration for large pond ideas, sheet-style falls and true garden journey design.

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34 Comments

  6. @Sathiera

    This gentleman better be nominated for artist of the year! Beautiful, gorgeous amazing! 😃😍🤩

  7. @christinawyckoff2164

    Wow oh my God amazing waterfalls surrounding landscape the trees the folate it's just beautiful the koi amazing job 🎉👀💚💜🩷🩵💙💝💝💝

  11. @sharondaslaughter5133

    I agree Brian. And, I feel the same way you do. Every project you visited got better and better. I have my favorite artists, but Matt has been killin’ it!🔥

  14. @billutter8409

    Hats off to Matt, he is knocking it out of the ballpark!!! So rewarding to get to see so much of his work lately!!! 👍🙌💦Thanks!

  23. @Landmantx

    I have always loved his projects. Particularly the one overlooking Garden of the Gods. He should be up for an AotY.

  26. @ericmercado83

    With all do respect, and I genuinely mean that. Hiner outdoor living does impeccable work! Without a doubt, some of the best jaw dropping projects in the industry. 👏

    With that being said, I don't agree with Matt being AOTY. I don't know what the requirements are or what the rules are for being AOTY, but I don't think Matt qualifies, the problem I personally have with Matt; he designs, he doesn't build. Every past AOTY creates and builds the work they're getting awarded for. Matt has a phenomenal team and an even more phenomenal foreman that's actually doing the work. It's been awhile but they had two foreman leading the team, Marshall and Omar. Not sure if they are still with them. Omar could definitely win the title and carry it well.

    Sadly, every time he's on this channel or having their work showcased elsewhere I can't recall ever hearing Matt acknowledge or give credit. Of course it'll happen occasionally. Maybe short on time or editing cuts that sort of thing out etc. After awhile it seems intentional and becomes disrespectful. Especially when you are not only giving proper credit or the occasional shout out, but you're taking the credit. Instead of saying "id be honored to be apart of them", that was the exact moment to do it if you meant it.

    By the way, that in itself is beyond challenging to do; re-creating someone else's design by bringing to life something that is 2D on a piece of paper. Only made 1000x more difficult when the design is so complex and over the top that being 95% of Matt's designs.

    Again, don't get me wrong, Matt is among the best for what he does, and he deserves credit for that. Which if I'm not mistaken, he has by receiving several designer awards in Colorado. That's basically my point, designer's have their award, builders have theirs to. Keep them separate when they are separate. The only time Matt touches a boulder is when he tags them at the rock yard. 😆 Other than that, Matt ain't getting dirty. 😂

  31. @AladdinSE

    That pond has an unhealthy greenish hue to it, no? I would not call that "crystal clear". Also, another over-landscaped unnatural-looking design 😞

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