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“Those Who Sweat Together, Stick Together!” 😜
Laura, thank you for so beautifully showcasing my vision for a workplace utopia!
“I ❤️ MY JOB!” because I was able to turn my passion for turtles, fish and frogs into a “job”
Our TEAMmates are our most valued asset and our building was created to reflect that!
Thank you for visiting us and can’t wait to for your DREAM STREAM!!!
Thank you so much for inviting Laura and Aaron to your warehouse and facility, and to this event. It’s the only way I would be able to see it. OUTSTANDING!!! ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! The really large pond, the living roof, the amazing turtles, the fish, the sports area, the showroom. WOW. ❤❤❤❤❤
I understand 100% why you LOVE your job. Wow, just wow! Thank you for sharing your dream with all of us.
Thank you, Laura, for sharing your experience with us. What an amazing business and experience. If every work place was set up like this, employees would be so much happier. This has been an exceptional tour with some amazing people.
I can’t imagine how wonderful it must be to have a job like this. Thanks for inviting Laura and Aaron because of their videos we get to see and learn so much about plants,trees!and flowers. Pat in North Carolina
wow! what a fabulous place to work!!! and i'm sitting here wondering how i can put in a small pond and a green roof in my socal house and garden, bahaha.. talk about inspiration!!! 🥰🥰🥰
It was such a pleasure having you out here and being able to really showcase some of our incredible ponds we have built! Can't wait for the Dream Stream in October!! 😍
Ohhh, now we have an idea of when this project will happen ❤️
Wow. Sitting here with tears in my eyes. I have no words to describe the joy that you have brought to people. It's breathtaking. Thank you for sharing this with us ❤
Believe me we can not wait either Bryan! The amount of vicarious living we do through Laura is a bit chronic! 😅
It was all so amazing!!❤
Laura and Aaron go on a work vacation, and the viewers reap the benefits. This brief sojourn has been soooo interesting.
I want to work for Greg. He surely values his employees and shows it with all the fun stuff he incorporates in his workplace. AND, THAT LIVING ROOF IS TO DIE FOR 💚💚💚
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Me too!!!! Hire me, Greg! I don’t know much but I’m a fast learner! 🙋🏻♀️
I was thinking the same thing! I may not live anywhere near there, but perhaps one day. Greg: you should teach other employers how to be a boss.
I was wondering whether he purchased an old gym as his own warehouse and just kept all the stuff! Amazing.
We’re so glad Laura braved the plane ride and allowed us to experience this trip, through her eyes.
For get the plane ride ... OMG she climb that ladder to get to the top of that building and then had to get back on it again to get to safe ground ... I just cringed ... that was all I could think about while she was up on that roof ... getting back to safety ... !!!
Aaron without a hat, that's something. Enjoyed the tour!!
I don’t comment often but watch every single morning when you put a video out.. just wanted to sincerely thank you and Aaron for taking us along with you on your journey. Many of us like myself who live in a small town in Alabama would never even know something like this existed without you two documenting it and sharing with us. So thank you and I really enjoyed seeing the beautiful ponds. I can only imagine the ideas my mother would have had if she were still alive that she would have gotten from seeing something like this when she had my dad build her a gold fish pond when I was little. It really is amazing what ‘good’ can come from social media and I love that you guys continue to show us that side of it. 😊
Heck, I live in big city and didn't know it existed!!! It was awesome to see, wasn't it!!
It reminded me of my dad. He loved working outside and tried digging a pond with his bulldozer but it didn’t hold water. He wasn’t raised with parents to learn what they know so he just tried stuff. He would have loved to see Aquascapes facility this side of Heaven. I’m sure he’s plunging into the river of life whenever he wants to now.
Wholeheartedly agree!
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Not me googling “is aquascape hiring?” 😂 What a beautiful and fun work space.
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So, are they?
I need to know.
@@SisterShirley right?! She left us hanging!!
They are! 😂
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What an amazing company. Im speechless. The work environment they have created for their employees is unmeasurable. The green roof, behind the waterfall and the inspiration...SPECTACULAR!! Laura, your shirt and shoes are so pretty. You looked so pretty. Thank you for taking us along❤❤
I have no words to describe my appreciation & Love for Garden Answer.
Laura, you saved my life! (Literally) 😭
I found your channel a few years ago, at my worst state of mind/ time in my life. You made me instantly fall In love with gardening, which instantly made me look forward to a new day again, for a new GA video 👀☕️ 👏🏽
I fell In love with plants so much, that I moved house!
I Went from a full concrete garden, to half an acre & it is now FULL to capacity with plants, trees & an Aquascape pond. 🧘🥰
I cannot thank you enough for saving me & giving me a new hobby. ❤️
I think about plants & “what Laura would do” 24/7 & NOTHING else 🤣👏🏽
You & Aaron are my heroes & many other peoples for sure.
Lovely lovely people. 🥰
Thank you again. 🙏🏽🪴
Thank you for taking us along! This Garden Answer community is the best. I've had the roughest time of my life this month and shared a comment on this platform. What a caring, amazing group of people that reached out to me and told me they were praying for us. It has touched my heart so much! So thankful for you and your love of gardening and all you share with us. It truly feels like family.
Agree with you that this is one of the best TH-cam‘families’ 😊. Hope things have been getting better for you. God bless you.
Prayers❤Yes it is so comforting to watch GA everyday reruns on Saturdays and experience the amazing group of people❤
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This group is the best family. Prayers and hugs continue for you.❤️
Seeing Laura so excited means that she is piling up tons of ideas on what to do with their water features! It will be great to see all of the ways she brings gardens and water together. Greg has given Laura, Aaron, Kevin and Jacques so much inspiration for us to see in years to come!
What A Trip! What A Roof! What A POND and those Water Features! The Plants! The Fish! The Aquascape Guys are the Real Deal! This is so Amazing! I can tell you were blown away.
What a Creative, Fun and truly Amazing Mix of People! ❤
And a rescued Turtle. What a site to see. So beautiful. An Oasis in the middle of a city. Absolutely mind-blowing and so Absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you for showing this to us. Can't tell you how much it means to us.
Thank you Laura and Aaron.
And all the guys and girls there at Aquscape.❤
Yes yes yes!!!! What an inspiring place!!! I’m only 4 hours from there and had no idea it existed!!!! Thank you so much for all the great videos this week!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I love your comment because I know how much synergy exists when creatives get together and how much fun it is to be around people who think the same way.
And you know those who work hard, okay hard.🎉
Wow they really pulled out all the stops for this event. Stunning facility. Aquascape really know how to treat their customers. Laura you really did your viewers a great service, showing all the little things that truly make it a magical experience. It makes us feel like we are there with you. Thank you for all you do. 💖🌸
I need a Garden Answer t-shirt that says "OH MY WORD!" No seriously, I would really wear it. Love you, Laura and GA team. Thanks for inspiring more garden confidence 🙏🏽
I'm going to be honest. I love seeing you out and touring other gardens! This is so much fun to watch!
I've seen sooo many comments like this, and its a breath of fresh air of how the team wants to take care of not only the customers, but the team that works behind the scenes. bravo!
I appreciated how gracious Laura, Aaron, and the AquaScape hosts were.
Same! 😊♥️
I absolutely love seeing you and Aaron cut loose and having fun! You deserve it! 🎉❤
When Laura climbs onto the rooftop & looks back at the camera- that moment should be framed 😍 gorgeous 😊
When Ed mentioned a guy in South Florida that passed away I instantly knew it was Fred. I'm so happy to see one of Fred's beloved reptiles living a great life.
Laura, you should have seen how excited my kids were when they saw their mom in a Garden Answer video! Not as excited as me at Aqualand, but close. They told me they want to go see it themselves…I have no problem with that! Thank you for the tour, especially the roof, that was the only part of the building I did not get to see. God bless!
Oh, thank you so much for bringing this to us.A chance to see So many wondrous and beautiful things that most of us would never expect to see!! Including Laura riding that bike -such fun ! What a wonderful company.
That they treat their employees so well They all work so hard to create all this beauty that it's good to see that they get a chance to take care of themselves And have fun.
And I'm happy to see Laura And Aaron get the opportunity to get away a bit from all their hard work to have some fun while also getting to see some some truly magnificent gardens and aquascapes and sharing so much of it ❤
Laura on the bike just made my whole day
Me too!! And playing volleyball 🏐
Yesss!!!
I love this video! And I just wanted to say that Laura you and Aaron really need a cave and a waterfall on your property! The kids would absolutely love it!!!
Laura and Aaron, WOW every twist and turn was amazing thank you for taking time out to include us. Cheers! to the AquaScape family for putting this together an amazing event. 🎉🎉
RIP Fred Grunwald. He had a fantastic sanctuary for animals and was so happy all his animal friends found a home. Almost all my favorite channels are in one space. I love it! I love listening to Ed the Pond Professor. His channel is incredible, and I have learned so much! I can't wait to see how Laura and Aaron's inspiration manifests.
All employers should watch this, I’d work there forever and this would make people want to come into the office. Awesome
Laura, it makes my heart happy to see you filled with joy and wonder, and what a treat to see you, the gardener who inspires all of us looking so delighted and awestruck throughout the trip. I can’t wait to hear what impressed you the most, and if there’s anything you want to implement. (Turtles perhaps 🐢?). Thanks for taking us along on this incredible adventure with you.
I have waited until the end of your adventure to comment. Wow! The pond tours, the AquaScape facility, the food, the fun, the absolute joy I can hear in your voice throughout your adventure. Laura, this has been an amazing 3 days for me, too. I'm so thankful that you could bring us along! I wish there was more!
Greg has such a love for what he does! It's as contageous as your love for what you do! It makes me wish I was younger and could start an AquaScape business, myself. I would have loved spreading that joy in our dry and dusty Texas panhandle!
Long enough comment but just one more thing... I can hardly wait to see what you do, now, after seeing all you have seen and learned all you have learned, in your pond and how you fill that area up with the joy of this adventure.
Oh, one more thing... I know you have spoken often about creating rooms in your garden. I saw so many wonderful ways to section areas off from using walls of greenery to fences, to the facade of a building. I know you saw those, too. I am excited to see some of those ideas come out in your garden, as well. Did you start drawing plans out on the flight home???
Love to you and your family. (I wish your mom and dad could have gone, too. Man, did I see some features that would be lovely with their natural slopes and such!
I can't seem to stop writing. I am just so filled with awe and wonderment after watching these. You are a true joy in my life, daily, whether trudging through a difficult and not so fun chore to watching your hard work and vision grow and come to life.
Thank you and God bless you to the fullest!!!❤
Such an amazing company…. The founders of Aquascape are good people.
That activity floor for employees says it all ❤. There will be some happy kids after that fundraiser for sure.
Got to say … Loved when Laura said Aaron still had a line of people at meet and greet. ❤️
What an AMAZING event. Meeting you, Kevin, and Jacques was a dream come true! Best. Day. Ever. 💚 Thank You!💚 (From the Fangirl that cried when I met you.)
❤ that would be me too!
Oh my gosh! I am not sure I will be able to recover from these last few videos. Absolutely breathtaking.
They are the water masters!! That tour was so cool! I didn't want the tour to end! What an amazing place!!
It was nice to see you have some play time. Looks like it was great fun
“Oh, Lauraaaaaa…” 😂 I can’t believe you scaled that ladder up the side of the building! Were you scared?! Such a beautiful place. Their enthusiasm and expertise really comes through during the tour. Thanks for being a great facilitator and introducing us to so many great people.
It was just like Journey Behind the Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada. Great tour Laura🙏🏻🙏🏻
Very happy for Greg and his team and what they’ve been able to build. It’s obvious he puts his employees first because he knows when a business owner takes care of his employees, his employees will take care of their customers.
When Laura climbed the ladder to the roof and the sun was setting.... how GLORIOUS!!!!! Aqualand is amazing... Greg has taken his earnings and has really done wonderful things with it.
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The green roof gave me goosebumps the view the sunset amazing ! What a behind the scenes tour! They value their employees and create a healthy environment for them and create a green space for our world! Jus wow!! ❤
I'm not sure what I was expecting for this tour, but it certainly was not this! What an incredible facility! Thank you so much for sharing.
I started this comment at the living roof and then it just kept getting more and more impressive! I cannot believe that place!!
Oh my goodness. I almost didn’t recognize Aaron in not plaid. You both looked so nice for the charity dinner. Everything was amazing. Thank you for taking us along (I hope you worked off some of your dream stream with that meet and greet stuff).
Oh My Word!!! Is right!!!
So many mind blowing ideas!
AQUASCAPES you slay!!!
A sanctuary for animals 🐢
A gym , 🏀,⚽️, 🏓,🎱, 🎯 Laura playing volleyball 🏐 !!!
The green rooftop …. 💚🌎
The ponds, the ponds 🫠
Thank you for sharing with us all!!
Kevin, Jacques Epic Gardening So great to see you!
The videos of your trip are awesome! Love seeing all of the pond professionals again. Bring on the Dream Stream!!
Well, if ever you and Aaron needed affirmation of how much people love and appreciate the content you bring to your TH-cam channel, I think those that attended the benefit demonstrated that. And Greg's love of what he does certainly shines as an amazing example of what giving from your heart and your passions can evolve into. That's true of you and Aaron as well.
When you climbed to the top of the roof! Wowza! (First of all, I was scared for you... I don't do ladders) But, that view blew me away! To hear Ed talk about all the benefits of a green roof, all while enjoying the beauty of the greenery enhanced by the "golden hour" light was amazing! This seems to have been a trip of a lifetime! You guys packed a lot in to just a few days. Thank you for taking us along with you!♡ What an incredible experience!♡
What a perfect place for Kill Deer nest.
I will say I have been waiting forever to see all of my favorite people all together and now I am in heaven ❤️.
I have been in all this week seeing your tours together. Thank you for taking us along.
God bless 🙏
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@GregWittstockThePondGuy Greg, I was telling him I would love for you guys to do my brother-in-laws pond. He had a stroke and lost the right side of his body, and my sister had a heart attack and surgery the same time last year.
Whenever you are in Tennessee, I would love to give him inspiration. He has a small pond and fish. I know you would be an inspiration for him.
Thank you for all you do, and keep those beautiful ponds coming.
God bless 🙏
Laura and Aaron you keep raising the bar of incredible and educational gardening and aqua scape. Thank you and the “Aqua Guys” for such a wonderful experience. WOW OH MY WORD!
What a beautiful trip with wonderful gardens, n aquascape is soo inspiring ❤
But my most live moment is see both Laura and Aaron enjoying themselves and in last few moments of this video you both looked fabulous. ❤
For those of us who may not have huge budgets, or gardens, or may not live in the states, it really is wonderful to liver vicariously through you both.
Btw Benjamin and Samantha would have been fascinated by the snapping turtle
What an amazing event! The Aquascape team definitely pulled out all the stops. I have no doubt that all who attended were thrilled with it all.
This entire adventure has been such a pleasure to see unfold! I have learned so much since finding your channel and it’s so fun so see you visiting the Chicago area and a chance to see tours of amazing gardens. My Chicago native husband is SO HAPPY you went to Portillos and had Lou Malnatis - it’s on the list for anyone who visits us.
Seems like a day trip to Aquascape is in the cards! Thanks for all you share with this community, it’s fun to get a peek!
See ya soon!
The tours yesterday and today were fantastic. The gardens and ponds were so beautiful. My question now is, how many more water features are you guys going to add now? Plus, thank you for your charity work.
Oh my goodness! You and Aaron looked amazing!
How Fantastic was THAT ? ? Thank You Laura and Aaron ! and the Aquascape Crew !
I am loving this series. ❤❤❤
Oh my goodness… what a beautiful place and such a wonderful experience! Thank you for capturing and sharing everything that you saw! It was extra exciting to watch because my friend Pam and I were there on Saturday as well! We got to meet you and Aaron! It was so lovely talking with you and then touring this incredible facility!! Greg, Brian, Ed, and the whole Aquascape team are incredibly creative and hospitable!! Thank you all for a great event for an awesome charity!! ♥️🌊🐠🌾
Wow! Just WOW! Does Aquascape go all out or what? The last two videos are fabulous and so inspirational. They can do ponds it seems for any budget so no one needs to feel left out. Thank you so much for traveling which I know isn't your favourite thing--but I can tell you both enjoyed yourselves immensely.
Aqualand was so inspiring!
This was so enjoyable and lots of knowledge, loved the roof top garden. Such beautiful ponds.
I’m retired but I’d come out of retirement if I could work in a place like that. What an amazing team there! Thank you all for allowing us to get a glimpse inside this amazing place
This place is amazing! So full of beautiful surprises, not to mention how well they enjoy their employees and care about them. Definitely a blessing to work for these wonderful, creative, fun people. And that roof, oh my!
I would have had to just seen drone shots. 😢 What an amazingly inspirational trip for Laura and Aaron!!
For someone who doesn't travel much, I thoroughly enjoyed tagging along with you on your adventure! Thank you!
Loved this video.
You looked gorgeous in your black dress.
So glad you both had a good time!❤
What a great event and the money raised for kids gathering is awesome! The pond and gardens are amazing! So glad you took us on this journey…thanks Laura and Aaron!
This was just wonderful to see i grew up on the south side of Chicago and never seen anything like it
What a wonderful 3 day video experience. Thanks so much for taking the time to record and share this amazing time.
Aquascape so incredible !! Thanks so much for sharing the tour👍🏻👏👏👏
Great video. It's nice to see you and Aaron enjoying yourselves with like minded people.
Absolutely loved this series and all the gardens. Makes me want to expand my creek and fountain feature. Definitely need more plants around them.
What a magnificent place! The roof top green space was out of this world, I have never seen such a place! I cannot imagine seeing this place in person, so thank you so much Laura for sharing it with us. Wow, finding your channel on TH-cam was the absolute best find EVER!!!! I just cannot believe the brilliance of this place!
Brian seems to be such an authentically nice guy. Those kind of people deserve all the good things that have come to them, not that he didn't work his butt off to achieve it all!! He has an amazing imagination, vision and work ethic! So glad to have seen the fruits of his labor at his headquarters and all the ponds he has created.
Rocks are easy to get around here, as long as we can haul them their ours. We have several tractors to help, so I get all the rocks I want. We have Ten acres, four of which are in water. A section is wooded and another one is of dry creek. This show has inspired me to grow things I would never think I could have grown. Laura has seriously taught me How to garden here on uTube! I feel like I know the whole family and feel blessed to have came across this Chanel during Covid. Thank you Laura and Erin for sharing the baby’s with us and teaching us how to planet a garden, And how to care for our garden..for giving us beautiful before and after pictures, I know all we plant won’t be successful. But we move on and plat something else. No messes. just happy little mistakes. 🙌🏻🌼😂🥰
Two of my favorite All-Things-Gardening TH-cam influencers, Garden Answer and Epic Gardening! Love seeing your camaraderie and delight in this very special event! Thank you for sharing! 🪴⛲️🏡⛲️🪴
Aquascape is an absolutely amazing space. As a business, its ideas are so forward thinking.
Amazing!! I live in the Chicagoland area & had no clue this company is located here!❤
I feel so fortunate to be along for this ride! ❤
A absolute gorgeous videos! I really enjoyed the video of Peggy's home and gardens!
New Gardner in Ohio: Thank you for taking us to the kids gardening fundraiser and seeing all of the beautiful ponds, just incredible.
So cool to learn about that roof! I didn’t know people did that! Wow! 🤯
What an amazing company. Anyone who looks after their employees like that must be wonderful people. I could see a nice pondless feature at the front of your property. ❤
LOVE LOVE LOVE! How exciting it is to see this series of videos with Aquascape! I fist learned about this water catchment system more than a decade ago in Texas. Have wanted to install one ever since. Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m going to investigate getting an Auqascape pond in my new North Carolina garden.❤
Laura, you look fabulous!! This week has been such a treat. Thank you
Best video ever and what a great group of humans.
Ok all of this video was amazing but the roof was magnificent wow just wow. Fantastic. Massive operation they have. Very impressive
That was so much fun to watch - it’s like an aquascape Disneyland!! You must have had such a blast.
*Question* : How does the sedum survive in the winter on the green roof, as well as the ponds and tropical plants? It gets pretty cold in IL doesn’t it?
Thanks so much for taking us along - the features were breathtaking and your hosts were exceptionally gracious!! 💚🩵
Laura’s eyes lit up when she went on that green roof. Laura, a green roof would keep the chickens much cooler in summer!
You are amazing, the whole video so interesting. Thank you from Australia.
My 9 month old little man and I watch you every morning, this morning he was waving at you🥰 we enjoy all of your videos, I have learned so much. Thank you for all beautiful things you share!
So sweet.
Loved seeing you hit Portillo's for the Italian Beef. Thanks for sharing that amazing facility. I loved the roof garden and those flowers growing up among the sedum were Nodding Onions, native to Illinois and the Plains' states and my state of Indiana.
This trip was incredible! I didn't get a vacation this year, but I just felt like I got a mini one with these videos from GA this week! I loved everything!! Thank you for all that you do to make the world we live in beautiful and to bring joy and smiles to us that live to watch!❤❤❤😊😊🙏🙏🙏❤️
I CANNOT believe I missed this event. I’m local to the Aquascape area and am SOOOOO upset I missed this opportunity! Thanks for taking me along via video. Kidsgardening is a great organization and our school garden received a grant a few years ago from them. I’m so glad to hear you support this organization.
I’m with you. I’m in Batavia and I visited this place a few times but I’ve never seen the whole place. It’s absolutely unbelievable to go through and see everything. This tour was awesome. I would’ve loved to have been there.
This is by far the best event I have ever seen on TH-cam! I have used the aquascape supplies for years for my small pond, and now to see the whole operation is just amazing. So nice to see you and Aaron having such an awesome time. You looked beautiful and so relaxed. I can't wait to see the new stream come to life this fall! Thank you both for all the awesome footage!
I love super passionate people that just spread tons of joy. Laura, Aaron, Jacque, Kevin, and all the aquascape guys totally fit that description. Anyone with employees should take notes and realize they should show appreciation to their staff. This was amazing all around.
Oh my word! How many times did I tear up during this video?! Thank you, Laura for sharing this experience. ❤️
The Aqualand people run an impressive business!!!
That roof, though… WOW. Very interesting! Enjoyed this whole video a ton.
Hi Laura, it was so great to meet you!! Aquascape was amazing and the pond tours were stunning!!
Again, Laura, thank you so much for taking us along for this amazing ride! So many highlights. As I said yesterday, I have followed Greg and the Aquascape team for many years. It's so fun to see all of this through your eyes as you witness all of this for the first time. My highlights are at the very end seeing Greg and Aaron not wearing their ball caps!
I enjoyed seeing this so much. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, Laura, you must be suffering from sensory overload with all the amazing ponds, water features and gardens that you've seen over the last few days. Bet you are itching to implement some of the magic in your own gardens at home. It was great to see more of what Greg and Brian do, too. Thanks for taking us along to share in the excitement! 🐟🐠🌲🌹
I retired two years ago but maybe I need to figure out a way to get a job at Aquascapes!!! How BEAUTIFUL!!!!😎 Thanks Laura for taking us along.
Laura you’re the best tour guide ever!! This was awesome!! ❤
The waterfall that you can go behind was incredible! So many cool things! What an overwhelming amount of sights to take in! Beautiful!
What an incredible event! 🎉