Streams & Brooks
Meandering streams that wind through your landscape, tying gardens, patios, and gathering spaces together with gentle current.
A stream has to belong to the land it runs through.
A stream is the one feature that touches the whole yard, so it gets designed around what's already there — where you walk, where you sit, which trees stay, and how the ground already falls. Done right it looks like it was there before the house was.
We shape the bed for a real meander, set the drops where you'll hear them, and plant the banks so the edges soften in a season or two. The whole run recirculates from a hidden headwater, so it uses no more water than a pond does.
What moves the number
- Length & meander
- How far the water travels and how much it winds on the way.
- Drops & stonework
- Each drop is a small waterfall, hand-set and tuned by ear.
- Site access
- How far the machine travels, and what it has to work around.
- Crossings & finishing
- Bridges, stepping stones, lighting, and streamside planting.
In every stream we build
A stream is a long, shallow build — the liner, the grade, and the stone under the water are what keep it running clear.
- Excavation and stream-bed shaping (meander + grade)
- Hidden basin or BioFalls headwater
- 45-mil EPDM liner and geotextile underlayment
- Energy-efficient pump and flexible plumbing
- Delivered boulders, cobble, gravel, and stone, hand-placed
- Streamside marginal planting
- Beneficial bacteria, startup, and walkthrough
What a stream costs
Typical installed cost · ME · NH · MA
$13k–$20kGetting started
Garden brooks
A short, gentle run threaded through a planting bed or along a patio edge. The constant sound of moving water, close enough to hear from a chair.
- 10–15 ft run
- Single headwater
- Streamside planting
$20k–$32kMost of our builds
Woodland & meadow streams
A longer, naturalistic run with several drops, built to look like it has always crossed the property. This is where a stream stops being a feature and starts being landscape.
- 20–30 ft run
- Multiple drops
- Naturalistic cobble
$32k+Estate scale
Property-scale streams
A living boundary of moving water and stone — or a long stream that empties into a full ecosystem pond, so you get the journey and the destination in one build.
- 40 ft and up
- Property-line runs
- Or stream-fed pond
Every figure includes excavation, liner and underlayment, headwater filtration, pump, stone, plants, and startup — installed and running. Design and consultation are always free.
Other ways to bring water into your yard
Ecosystem Ponds
Living, low-maintenance ponds balanced by nature — crystal water, koi, and lush marginal plantings that get better every season.
Explore →Pondless Waterfalls
All the sound and movement of a waterfall with no open water — a striking, child-safe centerpiece that disappears underground.
Explore →Fountains & Water Features
Bubbling boulders, spillways, and architectural fountains scaled from intimate courtyards to grand entryways.
Explore →Tell us about your yard
Send a photo and a rough idea of the spot. We'll come out, walk it with you, and put a real number on it — no charge, no pressure.