EP164: The Legacy of Anthony Archer-Wills with Guests AAW & Kelly Billing

The Pond Digger Podcast

Today, we have the pond legend Anthony Archer-Wills and aquatic plant expert Kelly Billing in the house! Anthony shared how he discovered his passion for ponds as a child and how it developed into his career.

Anthony and Kelly also shared valuable insights on pioneering techniques in water features, aquatic plant care, how pond design and construction techniques evolved over time, early filtration technologies, and more!

In this episode, they talk about:

• How Anthony discovered his passion for pond building and how he turned it into a career

• How Water Garden book by Frances Perry inspired Anthony in water features

• Filtration technologies before there were manufacturers of pond filtration technologies

• Anthony’s innovations in pond construction techniques, like using simple shapes

• Anthony’s collaboration with Kelly on various pond projects over the years

• How does Anthony balance the vision that he wants to put for his clients and what the clients want

• Not letting your clients’ budgets interrupt your imagination to dream

• The therapeutic benefits of interacting with the water and the outdoors

• The attention to detail that many contractors miss when designing water features — sound replication, etc

• The value of experience and passing knowledge from older generations to younger

• How nature effectively cleans water in streams and how we can replicate that

• How can pond communities help address the water pollution problem

Mentioned:

Anthony’s Website: Anthony Archer-Wills

Anthony’s email: [e-mail]

Kelly’s Website: Water Becomes a Garden

Kelly on Instagram: @kellybilling

Links to resources:

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http://helixpondfiltration.com/

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