About Us
Riverdale Falls is a small, dedicated team of water feature specialists who are obsessed with one thing: making water features that look like they've always belonged in the landscape.
Founded in 2022, but built on over two decades of expertise in landscaping, stone masonry, and water design, we bring a rare combination of skills that sets us apart in the industry.
Most water feature companies approach their work backwards. They landscape first, then add water as an afterthought. We do the opposite. We apply stone masonry principles to water design, treating every cascade, stream, and pond as a sculptural element that must work with its setting, not sit on top of it. That foundation transforms everything we do.
Recreating Nature, Stone by Stone
The Masonry Difference
Our team's background in traditional stone masonry means we understand something fundamental that many water specialists miss: stone has character. Every piece we select has its own colour, texture, weathering patterns, and age. The way rocks should be laid isn't arbitrary—there's a natural way that rocks came out of the ground in the quarry, and that's the way that makes them look authentic when we rebuild them.
This isn't just about aesthetics. Understanding how stone naturally wants to sit, how water flows across different angles, and how weathering will tell the story of your water feature over time—that's what creates installations that don't look "built" but rather like they emerged from the landscape itself.
We've spent years learning the craft of water feature installation alongside landscape design, from wildlife-friendly pond construction to formal fountains, natural swimming ponds to entire stream systems. But that stone masonry DNA is in every project we touch.
Our Story
Nick, our founder and director, has spent over twenty years working with water and stone. He understands the technical side—the filtration systems, circulation mechanics, and engineering that keep a water feature healthy—but his real passion is in the design. How does water catch the light? How should rocks be arranged so they feel inevitable rather than forced? What creates that moment when someone looks at your newly installed water feature and says, "It looks like it was always meant to be there"?
That's what drives us. That's what drives everything we do.
Today, Riverdale Falls works across England on projects ranging from intimate garden ponds in the Lake District to large-scale water features at prestigious estates in the Cotswolds, from private gardens in Sunningdale and Frensham to installations in Chelmsford, Brighton, Derby, Sheffield, Kent, and everywhere in between. Each project is different. Each one teaches us something new.
Forest of Dean Stone: The Heart of Our Work
We've partnered with Forest of Dean Stone (Lovell Stone Group) as our preferred quarry, and there's a reason. When you visit Forest of Dean, you don't just see stone—you see the landscape's history. The rocks there contain fossilised trees, plant life, and an incredible palette of colours that you simply won't find elsewhere. Each piece is unique. Every installation we create using Forest of Dean stone becomes truly bespoke because the material itself is irreplaceable.
We hand-select every stone from the quarry. That means we walk the site, examine colours, textures, and character, and choose pieces with intention. It's time-consuming. It's slower than ordering standardized materials. But it's the difference between a water feature that looks manufactured and one that looks like a natural outcrop that's been gently shaped by water and time.
Forest of Dean's commitment to responsible sourcing—their stitch drilling and splitting methods, their water recycling systems, their dedication to environmental stewardship—also aligns perfectly with our values. Stone sourcing matters, and we're proud to work with quarries that take environmental responsibility seriously.
What We Create
Our work spans the full spectrum of water features:
Ponds & Lakes — from intimate wildlife ponds designed to support amphibians and aquatic life, to large estate lakes built to natural contours.
Streams & Waterfalls — cascading systems that follow the landscape's natural flow, with every stone placed to look inevitable.
Natural Swimming Ponds — where people swim alongside thriving ecosystems, with natural filtration and wildlife-friendly design.
Formal Fountains — precise, sculptural water features for structured gardens.
Stone Masonry & Rockwork — retaining walls, stone cladding, landscaping features that work alongside water installations.
What ties all of this together is our approach: every project is designed with wildlife in mind, built with masonry principles, and constructed to last for generations while looking utterly natural.
Over the past two decades, Nick has contributed to numerous show gardens and understands the processes, pressures and exacting standards that come with this kind of work. Over the last few years alone, Riverdale Falls has been involved in multiple RHS show gardens, including a garden at Hampton Court in 2024 and two Chelsea Flower Show gardens in 2025: the British Red Cross “Here for Humanity garden”, designed by John Warland and Tom Bannister which received a gold medal and the “HIV Stigma garden” designed by Manoj Malde, which was awarded a Silver Gilt medal.
These collaborations remind us why we love what we do—we're not the focal point; we're the partners who help designers and landscapers realize their visions. When a water feature becomes invisible, when it simply feels right, we know we've done our job.
Recognition & Partnerships
Environmental Responsibility
We don't just build water features—we build ecosystems. That's why environmental stewardship is woven through everything we do.
When we maintain ponds, we carefully relocate fish to temporary holding areas and use specialized wildlife filters to protect aquatic invertebrates and amphibians. We leave pond sediment beside water features for 48-72 hours so displaced wildlife can find their way back. We don't use pesticides near water features. We recycle materials, reuse stone from old installations, and compost organic waste. We minimize unnecessary machinery and rely on hand-crafted techniques wherever possible.
We're now BALI accredited and working towards APL accreditation, formal recognition that our practices meet the highest standards for professional landscaping and environmental responsibility. But beyond the credentials, it's about living by the values we believe in.
Looking Forward to 2026
We have some exciting projects lined up for the year ahead, including major works to complete the water feature installations at the Tower of London. It's the kind of project that showcases everything we love about this work—working at scale, solving complex technical challenges, and creating something that will be admired by thousands of people for years to come.
But honestly, every project excites us. Whether it's a small garden pond in Farnham or a sprawling stream system in the Cotswolds, we approach it with the same level of care, the same mastery of craft, and the same passion for creating water features that belong to the landscape rather than sitting on top of it.
If you're looking for someone to add a water feature to your garden or landscape project, you have many options. What you won't find everywhere is:
Why Choose Riverdale Falls?
Stone masonry expertise that transforms how water design is approached
A small, dedicated team invested in the quality of every detail
Hand-selected materials from one of the finest quarries in the UK
Environmental responsibility built into our process, not added as an afterthought
Installations that don't look "built" — they look like they've always been there
We work across England, from intimate private gardens to large-scale estate projects. We work with architects, landscape designers, contractors, and direct clients. Whatever the project, we bring the same approach: understanding the landscape, respecting the stone, and creating water features that will be loved for generations.
Contact Us
nick@riverdalefalls.co.uk
Registered office address:
1 De Verdon Road, Lutterworth, LE17 4QP