RiverRock Water Gardens
Waterfall running over mossy boulders with planting alongside

About Us

A Family Business Built Around Water

Ponds, waterfalls and water features designed and built by one small team, from the first visit to the day the water goes in.

Arrange A VisitCall 07568 488223

Who We Are

A Small Team That Builds With Care.

RiverRock Water Gardens is a family run business based at Willingham, in Cambridgeshire. We design, build and look after ponds, waterfalls and water features for homes and businesses across the county and the areas around it.

We have been in business for five years, and in that time our approach has stayed the same: ponds that are designed for their garden, built carefully and planted so that they look after themselves.

Red lobelia flowering beside a pond covered with lily pads

Ponds That Look After Themselves

A well designed pond does not need chemicals or a weekly routine to stay clear. The right volume of water, shelves at the right depths and enough planting to use up the nutrients that feed algae keep the water in balance on their own.

That is why we plan the shape, the depths and the planting together, from the very first visit. It is also why the ponds we build bring in so much wildlife, from frogs and newts to dragonflies, pollinators and birds.

A large new wildlife pond with a cobble beach and newly planted reeds, open fields beyond

One Team From Start To Finish

The people who design your pond are the people who build it. You meet us at the site visit, we prepare your written quotation, and the same team is on site from the first dig to the last plant. Nothing is lost between the drawing and the digging, and you always know who to talk to.

We give you the dates before we start and keep to them, we keep the site tidy as we work and we leave the garden clean when we finish.

Homes And Businesses

Most of our work is in private gardens, from small wildlife ponds by the back door to large natural ponds with streams and waterfalls. We also design, build and maintain ponds and water features for commercial sites, and look after the grounds around them.

Alongside the water, we carry out hard landscaping and garden and grounds maintenance, so the whole space can be finished and kept to the same standard.

How We Work

What You Can Count On.

The same promises on every job, large or small, at home or at work.

  1. 01

    No Chemicals Needed

    Ponds designed to stay clear through planting and balance, not treatments.

  2. 02

    Free Visits And Quotations

    We come and see the garden, then put everything in writing, at no cost.

  3. 03

    Dates You Can Rely On

    We agree the dates before we start, and we keep to them.

  4. 04

    Fully Insured

    Every job we carry out is fully insured, at homes and on commercial sites.

How We Build

A Pond, Stage By Stage.

  1. Planting shelf and stone edge detail
    01

    We Come And Look

    A visit to see the ground, the levels and where the light falls. Most gardens tell you where the water wants to go.

  2. The new waterfall running into the existing pond at Burwell
    02

    The Shape Goes Down

    We set the outline out on the grass so you can walk round it and see it from the kitchen window before anything is dug.

  3. The pond drained back to the liner during the clean
    03

    Dig, Line And Set

    Excavation, underlay and liner over a graded base, then the stone edges set course by course rather than laid on top.

  4. Deadwood and planting in the shallows
    04

    Plant And Balance

    Marginals, oxygenators and the beach edge go in together. Planting is the filtration, which is why it is not an afterthought.

  5. The finished pond built against an old brick wall
    05

    Fill, Run And Hand Over

    We fill it, run it, tune the fall until the sound is right, and show you the few things worth doing each season.

Get In Touch

Tell Us About Your Garden.

Send a few lines and a photograph if you have one. We will come and look, talk it through on site and send a written quotation afterwards.

Arrange A Visit 07568 488223info@riverrockwatergardens.co.uk

Where We Work

Across Cambridgeshire.

Based at Willingham, we work across Cambridgeshire and into Bedfordshire, Suffolk and Essex.

All Areas We Cover

Cambridge

Terrace gardens in the city, larger plots in the villages around it.

Huntingdon

Huntingdon, Godmanchester, St Ives and the Huntingdonshire villages.

St Neots

Eaton Socon, Eynesbury, Love's Farm and the villages along the Ouse.

Newmarket

Newmarket, Burwell and the villages on both sides of the county border.

Saffron Walden

Period homes, established gardens and the Uttlesford villages.