A team of pond builders are followed as they install sustainable aquatic ecosystems for a variety of clients. In the series opener, the guys head to Atlanta to install a pond at an environmental center and a waterfall for a suburban yard.
The guys head to California to create a brown trout stream in a client's backyard. Later, a water garden is installed for a cancer survivor in Los Angeles.
A water garden is created for a football coach in Florida. Later, the guys have less than two days to install a pond and patio set.
Greg, Ed, Brian and Chris work to install a giant pond in Tony and Shari Romano's backyard. Their koi have grown obese from the incorrect diet that Tony and Shari have fed them, so Greg and the crew need to design the perfect backyard habitat with a koi treadmill so these fish can lose their belly fat. Meanwhile, a new client calls Greg to fix her current pond because it's not deep enough to support a certain breed of fish that she is hoping to buy for her children.
After long hours, some close calls, and way too much grunt work, the new guy, Chris, is finally put to the test to prove what he's been learning on the job. Tasked to lead a complete backyard makeover for his own company's Marketing Manager, Tony, he's ready to prove he can make the grade in the pond business. Feeling nervous and intimidated by his new roll as the site manager, Chris struggles with bad weather, project setbacks, and constant evaluations. While Chris focuses on protecting his client and coworker's future fish from predatory birds, Ed and Greg take a field trip to a nearby high school to construct a courtyard pond to be used as a perfect outdoor classroom.
We're headed to the world-renowned Lincoln Park Zoo in the heart of downtown Chicago for two massive projects. Buried electrical wires, dangling thousand-pound boulders and animal-safe build requirements all add up to two difficult projects, and to make matters even harder, the Pond Stars have only four days to get it all done.