Ballantyne Magazine covers news, events, real estate, restaurants, shopping, health, schools and business in the upscale Ballantyne Area of Charlotte, NC.
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Y O U R R E A L E S T A T E S P E C I A L I S T in Ballantyne and South Charlotte L ive Here. W ork Here. P lay Here. DAVID HUSS 704-543-5892 Offi ce 704-634-9682 Cell david.huss@allentate.com www.DavidHuss.com BALLANTYNE OFFICE 13526 Johnston Road, Charlotte, NC 28277 50 BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE FALL 2014 ponds and water gardens. "He is one of those designers who instinctively knows where the right rock needs to go within a waterfall or water feature to make it look 'wow,'" Raines says. According to Massengale, people spend anywhere from $3,000 to $100,000 on a koi pond. The largest he ever constructed is 120,000 gallons, but most run 2,500 to 3,000 gallons. "The more you spend on filtration, the less maintenance you have," he says, noting that every fish requires 300 gallons of water. Since koi devour plant roots, Massengale constructs hybrid ponds with a header pool featuring vegetation and a decorative water feature that leads into the aquatic area for the koi. "We create bog gardens around the edges so you can still get the plants but fish cannot access them," he notes. Weddings on the Pond Sixteen years ago Massengale built a 30,000-gallon, 10-foot deep pond for Rick and Doris Alexander. It features seven waterfalls that appear to flow from the deck of their 1883 farmhouse in Weddington. Giant Dixie Deb Louisiana irises provide a focal point behind a Japanese bubbling stone that aerates water for the koi on the far side of the pond. "We built the pond after Hurricane Hugo destroyed several massive old trees on our property," Doris says. The wedding party for the couple's son was staged on the pond's 35-foot-long cypress walkway, and a neighbor's daughter also