THE CALL OF THE WILD:
Chris Siewing of Nature’s Re-Creations
Most of Chris’ clients connect with him on a deeper, almost spiritual level. They’re drawn to wants his customers nature and understand to appreciate and appreciate the how his work has attention to detail when transformed and constructing the most improved over the natural-looking ponds years. that no one would Chris’s goal isn’t to ever guess are created be the biggest water by mortal man. Chris feature installer. admits that every new Rather, he wants pond he installs is his to be the best, and favorite. Although truth for him that means be told, his personal creating ponds and recreation pond is truly Creating ponds and waterfalls that look the one he enjoys most waterfalls that look as though Mother and spends as much as though Mother Nature made them free time as possible Nature made them herself. He admits swimming with his fish. herself. to being a bit of a It whisks him back to nut when it comes to the days of his youth and selecting and placing the great enjoyment he stone and only uses naturally weathered received exploring all of nature’s treasures. stone, avoiding rocks that were blasted Chris’s hard work and ambition, along from a quarry. Fortunately for Chris, he with the trust and support of Tara, paid works closely with stone pickers who off after leaving the mowing and landscape know how the stones came out of the business behind. Chris became a respected ground. Chris places the rock back into Certified Aquascape Contractor and in his features in the same way, as though 2012 received the ultimate compliment, the they had never been moved. Stone is his highly coveted Aquascape Artist of the paint that’s brushed onto the canvas of a Year award. backyard before finishing his water feature To discuss a water feature project in your masterpiece. yard, you can contact Chris Siewing A signature touch that Chris likes to at Nature’s Re-Creations. Their phone employ in pond design and construction is number is 636-223-2330. Check out their what he calls “choke points.” It’s an area in gallery of projects on Facebook.com/ the yard that you can’t get around without NaturesReCreations or om interacting with the pond. It might be a www.Re-CreateNature.com.
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hris clearly remembers the day his wife Tara wanted to throw him out of the car. It was a pivotal moment in both his career and his life. The year was 2003 and he had just attended Pondemonium®, the water feature industry’s preeminent training event. Tara traveled to the event with him, and on the car ride home, Chris confessed that he was going to sell his mowing and landscape business and focus solely on ponds. His wife decided not to toss him from the car and to trust his instinct instead, and good thing she did. As an avid Eagle Scout in his early years, Chris grew to love hiking and camping in the woods. He calls the experiences his “Stand by Me” movie moments. Fishing, swimming, and exploring nature and rock formations created his best-loved memories of youth. Many years later he received his first Aquascape catalog in 2002 and attended a “Build a Pond Day.” He was certain he’d just found his life’s calling. Recreating nature as a career was a dream come true for the outdoorsman. Building ponds is a journey much like everything else in life. Each pond installation teaches you something and prepares you for the next water feature project. Chris’s first pond is a far cry from the works of art he creates today. His second pond was sold at a Mother’s Club meeting, and he still shows that water feature on every pond tour he hosts. He
narrow path that leads you across a stream or a large perimeter boulder that invites you to sit on its ledge and dangle your feet in the water. Chris is a self-admitted kid at heart and coerces his customers to interact with their ponds through his strategic, thought-out designs.
