Ponderiffic Adventures

Ed and his crew just completed installing a pond-​less waterfall and stream, flagstone edging, lights as well as trees and bushes in our back yard. We’re thrilled with the results. He’s an expert in creating a natural looking waterfall and works to ensure it’s just what you want. He and his hardworking team are prompt, professional and a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend him.

Best pond/​water garden guys in the business. I hire them yearly, for years to do an overall cleaning of my huge koi pond as well as any repairs that are necessary. Always reliable and customer service is the best.

We were needing a pond rebuild and we found a great company in Ponderrific. Ed and his crew were the best. We are loving our pond now thanks to them. Thanks Ed keep up the great work.

I have had the pleasure of using Ponderiffic Adventures three times. The first project was a dilapidated old spa that Ed turned into a beautiful pond. It is an exceptional little pond that never gave me any problems. The second time, Ponderiffic came out to do some general maintenance on the pond before the new owners took possession of my house. Again fast, reliable, professional and did an exceptional job. The third time I worked with Ed it was to remediate a very large rather sludgy pond in my new home. My new pond was beautiful but you could not see the fish it was so green. Ed came out and came up with a plan to get rid of the green, increase the filtering capacity and even save electricity. The pond is so clear now that you can even see the bottom. Ed is a very knowledgable contractor who truly understands the biology of pond ecosystems and cares about building ponds that are good for the Environment. I love Ponderiffic and would trust no one else with my beautiful pond! He is very energetic and excited about every pond he builds. His enthusiasm is infectious, he will get you hooked on Ponds. I would recommend Ponderiffic without hesitation.

Ed and his crew are very professional, friendly and hard working. When it comes to pons and the up keep of them they will be the ones I call. Between service calls, clean outs and pond building they are all around a go to company. They know what they are doing and are quick yet very efficient.

I have had the pleasure of being the insurance broker for Ponderiffic Adventures and have enjoyed a great customer relationship with Ed and his family and his business has served us well. Ed pays attention to detail and his clients receive a quality product because of it. I appreciate Ed’s business over the years and can wholeheartedly endorse Ponderiffic Adventures.

Ponderiffic came and serviced our koi pond that was is desperate need of some TLC!
They’re a great value for the friendly, helpful service you receive. We even received a follow up call to see how things where going and if we had any questions ;)
Ponderiffic is Now are go to for Koi pond help

Ponderiffic re did my pond to perfection! Awesome work from ed and the guys. Best in prices and honest with good quality work. Highly recommended…

I just can’t say enough good things about Ed and his team at Ponderiffic Adventures! It was such a blessing for us to have found them, and we’ll definitely be using them again for any type of pond and /​or landscape work that we do!
My wife and I have a 1.5 year old son, who has recently become enthralled with water and fish. We hired Ed and his team at Ponderiffic Adventures to do a really complex conversion project to turn an unused fountain into a living pond. Actually, at first, we weren’t sure exactly what we wanted to do, we just knew that we wanted to be able to get fish into fountain.
Ed came over to our home in Rancho Cucamonga and at no cost to us came up with several amazing design suggestions that articulated exactly what we wanted to do. Our project involved modifying our fountain to include a variety of new equipment that would allow for the pond conversion, and at each step along the way, Ed’s work, recommendations, precision, and attention to details were striking and so appreciated by our family.
In order to convert the fountain and NOT have to completely rebuild the facility, Ed came up with a brilliant concept to make an imperceptible modification to the fountain which allowed for all of the filtration /​pump equipment to be installed in a blended-​in and out-​of-​the-​way manner. When the overall project was complete, not only did the fountain-​to-​pond conversion turn out better than I could have ever hoped, in meeting Ed, we found a person who I can say with absolute certainty that I trust.
You get a sense about a person when they work at your home, and I can say truly that Ed is one of a kind — a contractor who at each step of the project looked out for my best interests, and who delivered a product that exceeded my expectations at a fair and reasonable price.
I would recommend Ed to anyone looking to have any type of pond /​fountain /​landscape work done, he and his team were simply amazing!

My name is spelled incorrectly in Ed’s response. Sadly, this is typical of what I experienced with him — a general lack of attention, interest and respect to a customer that paid Ed thousands of dollars for a project. As for Ed’s suggestion that I was always «sick» or «unavailable,» I am a 30-​year veteran, recently retired, with severe PTSD and a 90% disability rating after 3 combat tours. That is frankly none of Ed’s business, and I mention it here only because I feel that he tried to make me sound incapable, uninterested or unavailable. I was not. I simply do not work well in situations that stress me out, and Ed is a stressor on steroids. I can remember one time only, in almost 2 weeks of daily work, and over the curb issue, that I simply was not capable of getting back into the ring for another round of being argued with and disrespected by Ed. As for his statement that the curb problem was «unanticipated,» this is another blatant lie — it is something I brought up during the design phase, and again before he started work. If he didn’t hear it, there were other witnesses, and I frankly believe that he doesn’t «hear» most of what women say anyway. On the issue of being paid for doing bids, I just don’t get it — we have done dozens of projects on our property, both larger and smaller than Ponderiffics, from paving the driveway, drilling a well, remodeling most of the house, putting in a pool… NO ONE has suggested being paid to show up and look at the project and give a bid. We had 4 other contractors bid this work, and none of them suggested they should be paid for the opportunity to bid on the work. In this great country of ours, doing free bids is the standard in the trades. As a small business owner myself now, I have spent weeks working on a contract bid, to find I did not get it. And other times, I have won the work. This is how we generally do business in the USA. If Ed wants to be paid for a site visit, he should become a fix-​it guy, like a plumber or HVAC repairman. To further answer Ed’s attacks, Ed bid the project including the electrical. It was obviously WAY beyond his capability, and, not wanting a liability issue or any electrical issues on a water fountain (see a problem here?), we brought in our own electrical contractor, who had to correct several of Ed’s mistakes and remind him of code on several issues. Ed even told me this, saying he was grateful that our electrician was there to help (the electrician is a witness to much of this nonsense). Of course, the electrician was hundreds more dollars, unanticipated, that we ate because it was the right thing to do, and we wanted the job done right. Our electrician was actually on-​site, working on another project for us, so the fact that he didn’t have the tool to do Ed’s job for him (a fishing line) is another example of the type of exaggeration and lie I have come to expect from Ed. Ed’s response mentions his charitable work, and for that I commend him. I happen to own a charity, with my husband, to support veterans, but I don’t go around using it to defend other mistakes I have made. You, dear reader, can decide whether my initial review, Ed’s ham-​handed attack on my review, or whether my re-​review, have any value to you. I can only say this: there is no such thing as perfection. Most people reviewed on Unilocal get the occasional bad review. They understand that for every 1 bad review if there are 10 good ones, the bad one will fade into the background and be white noise. By responding in the disrespectful way that Ed did, he pretty much proves the point I was making: he is argumentative and disrespectful — and who wants to pay for that?

On behalf of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ed Brown and Ponderiffic Adventures for their generous support of our 3^rd Annual Duck Derby. Ed and his company donated a custom water feature valued at over $ 3,500 as our Grand Prize to our 3^rd Annual Quickest Quacker Duck Derby. I am sure the winner of this prize will be thrilled with the beauty and peaceful aspect this water feature will add to their yard.
This is the second time that Ed and Ponderiffic Adventures have supported our organization. As we worked to form our organization and raise the necessary funds to start serving children in our community, Ed and his team approached us with an awesome fundraising idea. They built a beautiful water feature in our local Stater Bros. in Beaumont and allowed us to sell raffle tickets for those who were interested in winning this amazing opportunity. Needless to say, we sold a large number of tickets and the winner was absolutely ecstatic with the outcome. We at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass would recommend that you seriously consider Ed and his team when you are thinking about upgrading your yard and are looking for an artistic addition.
When considering using any type of business, one of the things that I always consider is what that business does to support their local community. Ed Brown and Ponderiffic Adventures are definitely an example of paying it forward and being a true partner in the community.