CAC Surprise Build San Angelo

 A little background: CAC stands for Certified Aquascape Contractors. These are water garden and water feature builders from across the country trained and certified to install ponds from Greg Wittstocks Aquascapes headquarters in St. Charles, IL. In July the International Waterlily and Water Garden Society toured the Aquascapes Facility and joined CAC members for a meeting and also were invited to a special dinner at Greg’s home in Illinois.

Other than Greg I really did not get to know many of the CAC group. Many families of husband and wife teams that install professional water gardens in hundreds of locations across the country. At the seminar with Aquascapes you could tell it was a tight knit community. This past week the community showed what it was really made of with aquascape contractors traveled from all over the united states by air or by vehicle to west Texas. My friend Cindy from Austin Texas alerted me to the surprise event a few days ago and we have been looking to gather the information to share. Why are these contractors travelling to Texas?  These contractors got together as a surprise to do some work and possibly pay forward some future chiropractic services for their West Texas collegue.

For three days from sunup to sundown they excavated the backyard, removed an old smaller water feature, and brought in all the materials and equipment and more labor than is used on most any backyard.

The surprise was for the pond builder; as his fellow contractors / friends came to the aid by building his doctor a large water garden and feature in San Angelo Texas. Builders from as far away as Washington state flooded down to help with the project. The labor was donated and the group raised funds to pay for the equipment and material needed for the large job.

The water garden industry is full of hardworking, kind people, from across the United States and well beyond stretching internationally. A wonderful community of like-minded souls that are hard workers and good people.  

Thank you to Keri Harris and Scott Hammond of Stone People, LLC, Cynthia Bayhi  (the first Water-Garden-Blog.com roving reporter), Steve Stroupe, The Pond Crew, and more for the great story. Look for a list of volunteers here soon. Cynthia has pointed out though its cold here in the Midwest it was in the 80s and 90s in south Texas this week and there is a Pond Tour October 3rd.

Water Garden Club of South Texas

Local Certified Aquascapes Contractors can be found at WaterGardening.com