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Bird Pond in a BoxClear Pond’s Complete In-Ground Backyard Bird Pond in a Box

This kit offers the durability of a plastic preformed pond with the ease of handling of a liner. It comes complete with everything you need to start your pond, except the rocks, water, and plants!

  • Includes a preformed plastic pond that stores in a box
  • Fish-safe, energy-efficient 270 gph pump to aerate water and keep fish and plants healthy
  • Clog-resistant, adjustable fountainheads
  • Water treatment and conditioner included
  • Complete instructions for assemblyTwo sizes/shapes:
  • The Butterfly: 50″ x 42″ x 21″ deep
  • The Delta: 67″ x 48″ x 18″ deep
  • Oak Adirondack ChairThis Oak Adirondack Chair is manufactured from Chinese Oak which has been kiln dried to less than 1% — virtually no warping or cupping. Stained with a light oil for additional weatherproofing from the elements and gives a uniform appearance to the wood. Mortise and tenon joinery using Swedish exterior grade Casco Nobel glue. Solid brass fittings with high quality fasteners gives superior holding strength.

    Some assembly required.

    Chinese Oak wood is dense finer grained hardwood about 5% harder than Red Oak. The heartwood is light brown and some boards have a lighter pinkish tint to them. Chinese Oak is a more durable material than Red Oak and is ideal for outdoor furniture. The tannic acid in the wood protect it from fungi and insect attack.

    21″ wide, 14″ deep, x 39″ high

    Wood Picnic TablesStylish and practical! Wood Picnic Tables for any outdoor activity. This six foot table set features heavy duty 2×6 pedestal construction, eased corners, and comes with two detached benches for easy storage.

    Unassembled.

    69″ wide, 33″ deep, 29″ high, 45 pounds

    Most orders are shipped within 3 business days from the manufacturer in Canada. Please, allow an extra week to clear customs.

    • 2 12″x48″x18″ oversized benches
    • Clear Western Red Cedar
    • Finely sanded finish
    • Fully routed edges
    • Zinc plated hardware
    • Handcrafted for snug-fitting parts
    • Fully illustrated instructions
    • Pre-drilled holes
    • Quality Guaranteed!

    Our Western Red Cedar products are made in Lethbridge Alberta Canada using Grade A Clear Western Red Cedar. All furniture is surface sanded to a fine smooth finish and is available in knock-down or unassembled unfinished kits.

    Stone Garden Statues6″ Tall Stone Garden Statues

    Rain Shadow Gardens features stone sculpture products created by the leading maker of garden sculptures, Nichols Bros. Stoneworks. These and contemporary stone garden sculpture designs are equally at home in large resorts, community parks, back–yard gardens and family homes.

    1. Their stone sculpture designs are manufactured using a technique called Dry-Casting, a method that has been around for centuries.
    2. The nature of our stone decoration garden sculpture has a number of advantages; it has the appearance of carved stone at a fraction of the cost, and it ages much like natural stone, developing a rich patina quite rapidly.
    3. The most recent mix decoration garden sculpture design improvements and curing methods have given our stone greatly increased strength, weather tolerance and resistance to abrasion.

    Nichols Bros. Stoneworks manufactures the highest quality cast sandstone garden sculptures available on the market today. You’ll find their products are:

  • Durable - Stone is a natural material that will complement and enhance the design of any garden.
  • Attractive – Creative garden focal points with unique designs available in four distinctive, stone-finishes.
  • High quality – Lasting alternative to other materials (such as terra-cotta, plastic, clay, fiberglass or concrete).For texture, color, durability and sheer class, our stone garden sculptures will always be superior to synthetic alternatives. Make your purchase with confidence knowing you’re getting a great product for a great price.

    Cast using special frost-proof durable stone material that will provide years of pleasure in your home, garden, or office setting. A special antique finish brings out the individual personality.

  • Dogwood Fairy Stone Garden SculptureNichols Bros Stoneworks, Ltd. has been manufacturing Stone Garden Sculptures since 1990 after years of importing from many of the leading cast garden ornament manufacturers in Great Britain.

    This statue is cast using a proprietary concrete mix. Nichols Bros. Stoneworks mix design allows our craftsmen to achieve a very high degree of detail and yet unlike many of our competitors, is able to withstand freezing without damage. This will provide the end user with years of enjoyment. Although our products are weatherproof, many of our pieces are used indoors in homes or offices.

    Each piece is hand finished in one of five permanent stain colors. These finishes will not fade or wash away.

    Usually leaves warehouse within 5 business days.

    This Stone Garden Sculpture is 10″ High, 8″ wide, 14″ deep, 14 pounds

    Koi Pond Stone Bird BathsReflecting stone bird baths that birds love to visit. Very simple bowl with a koi swimming through.

    16″ Diameter Bath and 12.25″ Diameter Base.
    Weighs 15 pounds.

    Cast using special frost-proof durable stone material that will provide years of pleasure in your home, garden, or office setting. A special antique finish brings out the individual personality.

    Bird Pond Kits

    Natural and effective ground level birdbath pond kits. Free form bird ponds are the most natural and effective birdbaths, because in nature water is found at ground level. The attractiveness of the bird pond is enhanced with a three tier plastic cascade to create easily visible movements in the water.

    This kit contains a 4′ x 5′ PVC liner which makes a 3 1/2′ x 4 1/2′ pond, ABS Three Tier Cascade (43.25″ X 14″ x 7″), 5 feed black tubing, and an energy efficient 100 gallon pump. It can be set up in approximately 2 hours. Complete instructions included.

    Landscape to your heart’s desire.

    Weighs 10 pounds.

    The goal at Winged Aquatics is to provide products, which offer water movement and sanctuary to a wide variety of songbirds and to other wildlife. Moving water is the purest and most attractive source of water to birds, which is why our baths and ponds come with a pump, dripper, mister, or a combination of the three. Over 180 species of birds have been observed using our drippers, misters, and bird ponds.

    Cedar Planter BoxesWindow planter boxes have become an economical way to beautify many patios, verandas and windowsills. There is no match for an attractively arranged, Western Red Cedar window box. Wherever placed our cedar planters are an excellent addition to any ranch, backyard, front yard, cottage, or apartment balcony.

    33″ x 10″, 11″ high, 10 pounds

    Most orders are shipped within 3 business days from the manufacturer in Canada. Please, allow an extra week to clear customs.

    • Clear Western Red Cedar
    • Finely sanded finish
    • Fully routed edges
    • Zinc plated hardware
    • Handcrafted for snug-fitting parts
    • Fully illustrated instructions
    • Pre-drilled holes
    • Quality Guaranteed!

    Western Red Cedar is renowned world-wide for its unique weather-resistant properties:

    • IT DOSENT WARP
      Cedar is a lightweight and dimensionally stable wood that lies flat and stays straight. Which means it resists the natural tendency to crack and check, as you might find in many other wood species.
    • IT STAYS COOL
      Western Red Cedar has an incredible thermal co-efficient, meaning even on hot days, it is cool to sit in.
    • Its bacterial and fungal resistance coupled with the fact that Cedar is 80% the strength of Oak, makes it the most desirable wood to use for building Outdoor furniture.
    • IT WON’T ROT
      Western Red Cedar fibers contain oils that act as natural preservatives to help the wood resist rot and decay making it excellent furniture material for moist or humid climates. These properties also make Cedar a very popular material for hot tub and sauna areas.
    • Western Red Cedar has been used for generations for roofing and shingles, fences, fence posts, planking for small boat hulls and, of course, for outdoor furniture. A Western Red Cedar fence post will last up to 16 years in the ground. We have found that left out year round, untreated and uncovered in Canada’s rugged winters, the furniture will last a minimum of 8 to 10 years. Furniture that is brought inside or covered for the winter will last twice that long.
    • IT SMELLS GREAT
      Naturally occurring organic compounds called (thujaplicins) give off that richly distinct cedar aroma that smells so good to humans but makes the wood highly unattractive to insects, moths and other pests. This is why Cedar is a choice material for closet liners and blanket storage chests.

    Cedar Patio FurnitureThe flagship of patio furniture. Easy to get into, easy to get out of. Great for the host, who has to be up and down or just comfortable sitting.

    Unassembled.

    26″ wide, 32″ deep, 36″ high, 18 pounds

    Most orders are shipped within 3 business days from the manufacturer in Canada. Please, allow an extra week to clear customs.

    • Clear Western Red Cedar
    • Finely sanded finish
    • Fully routed edges
    • Zinc plated hardware
    • Handcrafted for snug-fitting parts
    • Fully illustrated instructions
    • Pre-drilled holes
    • Quality Guaranteed!

    Our Western Red Cedar products are made in Lethbridge Alberta Canada using Grade A Clear Western Red Cedar. All furniture is surface sanded to a fine smooth finish and is available in knock-down or unassembled unfinished kits.

    Western Red Cedar fibers contain oils that act as natural preservatives to help the wood resist rot and decay making it excellent furniture material for moist or humid climates.

    • Manufactured using Clear Grade Western Red Cedar
    • Finely sanded sliver-free finish
    • Handcrafted for snug joinery
    • Fully routed edges for uniform styling
    • Rust resistant zinc plated and/or brass hardware
    • Hardwood doweling
    • Pre-sized holes
    • Fully illustrated step-by-step instructions

    Cedar Outdoor OttomansThese Cedar Outdoor Ottomans are designed to compliment the comfort and fit of our Adirondack Chairs.

    Unassembled.

    20″ wide, 24″ deep, 14″ high, 5 pounds

    Most orders are shipped within 3 business days from the manufacturer in Canada. Please, allow an extra week to clear customs.

    • Clear Western Red Cedar
    • Finely sanded finish
    • Fully routed edges
    • Zinc plated hardware
    • Handcrafted for snug-fitting parts
    • Fully illustrated instructions
    • Pre-drilled holes
    • Quality Guaranteed!

    Our Western Red Cedar products are made in Lethbridge Alberta Canada using Grade A Clear Western Red Cedar. All furniture is surface sanded to a fine smooth finish and is available in knock-down or unassembled unfinished kits.

    Western Red Cedar fibers contain oils that act as natural preservatives to help the wood resist rot and decay making it excellent furniture material for moist or humid climates.