Pond Stars - Season 1

The Pond Stars come out of their shell in Atlanta tackling two wild projects in just five days. The first job is for an environmental center, creating a pond specifically for rescued turtles. The turtle pond will be used as an outdoor classroom for an upcoming kids camp, IF the team can finish in time. The second project is for the birds, literally. Greg and his guys build a 35-foot waterfall and 600-gallon, underground reservoir that will have wildlife flocking to this suburban backyard.

It's trout or bust for the Pond Stars as they take on two challenging projects in California. The team starts in the mountains where they attempt to replicate a brown trout stream in a client's backyard. But all work comes to a halt when they can't track down brown trout for the pond. As they wait for Greg to find the fish, the guys head to Los Angeles, where they are asked to create a healing garden for a cancer survivor.

Greg and the guys head to the sunshine state for two massive pond projects outside of Jacksonville, Florida. The first is for arena football team owner Larry Payne, building one of the most challenging designs this year, complete with a 30-foot pond, a 2,000-pound cypress tree bench and several tons of beautiful Tennessee fieldstone. For the second project, Greg and the crew to design and install a new pond, patio and pergola in less than 48 hours.

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, Chris is ready to prove he can make the grade in the pond business. Feeling nervous and intimidated by his new role as site manager, he struggles with bad weather, project setbacks and constant evaluations.

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.