'My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.'

                                                                                                  - Mitch Hedberg
 

Liquid Landscape Designs, Inc. is a New England-based company that specializes in the residential and commercial aquatic-landscape (aquascape) industry. With ties in the national water garden market, LLD provides the best possible services through the use of only top quality products without the marriage to one specific product manufacturing company.

Our Mission: To create the most stunning and visually appealing water features on the market, to provide  only the very best professional services while focusing intently upon client education, to promote awareness and encourage enthusiasm within this water-based hobby and industry; and promote healthy Earth practices.

As part of our committment to responsible Earth practices, it gives us great pleasure to report that most of the products that we use in our maintenance programs are all natural and are completely safe for the environment and all those who come to enjoy it.



Jay Bearfield

Jay Bearfield is the founder and lead designer of Liquid Landscape Designs. An avid outdoorsman, Jay is constantly looking to incorporate natural water aspects, as found in his natural excursions, into all of his created water designs.

A former United States Marine, he has learned acute attention to detail, leadership, discipline and a strong work ethic. It was through that experience that first exposed him to the world of water gardening, seeing the work of the masters throughout Japan while stationed there for the period of a year. Touring the various city gardens and imperial palaces was what gave him the itch, an itch which he has fostered into what he now affectionately refers to as an addiction.

Since leaving the service in 1999, Jay has been consistently involved in various aspects of the gardening/aquascape industry. Spending the first years as foreman for a landscape construction outfit based in Sudbury, MA, he first began to perfect his pond construction techniques. From 2001- 2006, he was Regional Water Garden Manager for Mahoney’s Garden Centers, MA, handling all buying, new product selection and overseeing all aquatic sales for 5 locations. He was also instrumental in the creation of Mahoney’s aquatic plant propagation program located at one of the satellite locations. He has attended many seminars and discussions pertaining to water gardening and received formal training through UMASS on pesticides and plant pathology.

A past Executive Vice President (2006-2008) of the International Professional Pond Contractors Association (IPPCA), Jay was afforded the oportunnity to work with many other top builders from around the country and explore other design principles and construction methodologies. In 2008, Jay particpated in the IPPCA Ponditat for Humanity project donation for Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.

Jay also served as a Board Member for the Underground, a grassroots organization of landscape professionals throughout New England, designing, leading and teaching varying workshops for their Artisan Series Professional Development Workshops from 2007-2010.

Jay currently has shifted his focus to community outreach, volunteering much of his free time to the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden in Harvard MA, a center for integrative therapies for women experiencing breast cancer (www.healinggarden.net ) where he now serves as a trustee.

All of this could not have happened to this point with out the love and support of his wonderfully amazing wife and three beautiful children and the consistent help of his closest friends. 

Honors:

Boston Gloabe Magazine's Addition of the Year 2006 - Featuring one of LLD's more dramatic works (Kendall Project)

Water Garden News Designer's Showcase - Spotlight article featuring one of LLDs projects  (Kendall Project) 

IPPCAs World Wide Waterfall Competition 2008 - Placed in all six categories: 1st Place Most Natural Looking Waterfall, 1st Place Most Natural Looking Stream, 1st Place Most Naural Looking Waterfall and Stream, 1st Place Best Looking overall, 1st Place Best Integrating with Setting, and 2nd Place Most Unique Design (Koepke Project)

Perspectives on Design: New England, Panache Publishing 2010, Hardcover coffeetable book featuring a section on some of LLD breathtaking projects

DIY Network's Indoors Out TV Show, Regular appearances as a featured designer, creating four back yard makeovers complete with water features along side the popular hosts Dean and Derek (www.deanandderek.com ) in 2009-2011.  

2010 Water Garden News Pond Builder of the Year, honorable mention. National Pond Builder Competition.